Exodus 21:26
“¶ And if a man smite the eye of his seruant, or the eye of his mayd, that it perish, hee shall let him goe free for his eyes sake.”
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Exodus 21:26 Context
24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote, 25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26¶ And if a man smite the eye of his seruant, or the eye of his mayd, that it perish, hee shall let him goe free for his eyes sake. 27And if he smite out his man seruants tooth, or his mayde seruants tooth, hee shal let him goe free for his tooths sake. 28¶ If an oxe gore a man, or a woman, that they die, then the oxe shal be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten: but the owner of the oxe shall be quitte.
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And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
- King James Version
"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.
- New American Standard Version (1995)