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Deuteronomy 19:21  
 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, aeye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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a IE not literally; interpreted by the Rabbis to be symbolic of equal compensation

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Retaliation, law of, or lex talionis
    (Deut. 19:21)

Punishments
    (Deut. 19:19-21)

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