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Exodus 21:16-18
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 21:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 “Whoever kidnaps a man and either sells him or has him still in his possession, shall be put to death.
17 “Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
18 Punishments for Personal Injury.[a]“When people are fighting and one of them injures the other with a stone or with a fist, and this does not kill the other but causes a serious injury,
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- Exodus 21:18 These penalties have for their purpose to prevent abuse of the private vendetta. Seen in this perspective, the law of retaliation is a model of justice for that period.
