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eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
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eye for an eye, a tooth for a toothproverb
compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
Etymology: Reference to Exodus 21:23-25: "And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe". (King James Version)
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eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
"An eye for an eye" (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, Ain takhat ain) is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the Hebrew Bible.In Roman civilization, the law of retaliation (Latin: lex talionis) bears the same principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation. The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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