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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 25:12 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
De 25:12 |
King James |
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. |
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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
This is the only mutilation prescribed by the Law of Moses, unless we except the retaliation prescribed as a punishment for the infliction on another of bodily injuries Lev 24:19-20. The act in question was probably not rare in the times and countries for which the Law of Moses was designed. It is of course to be understood that the act was willful, and that the prescribed punishment would be inflicted according to the sentence of the judges. |
19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.