"‘Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death. Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal. ‘If a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him— fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused disfigurement of a man, so shall it be done to him. And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death. You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the Lord your God.’” vv.17-22
Read chapter 24.
Do two wrongs make a right? We were all taught growing up that they don't, so why does scripture seem to say different? I one time was a juror for a case of a guy that got his tooth knocked out in a fight and we had to determine if it was intentional or an accident. The case went on for three days, a lot of the jurors didn't want to see a young guy punished for fight. I remember thinking of this verse "tooth for tooth" and the consequences of our actions whether done intentionally or not.
As in the case with blaspheming we read earlier in this chapter, there is no difference to be made between and Israelite and a non-Israelite in matters of murder or injury of someone's body. This may be brought up here to show the difference of the judicial law of penalty verses the illegal way of taking someones life or judging what one thinks of bodily harm they deserve. How do you try to take matters into your own hands and judgment? When do you see someone try to make two wrongs a right? What's the correct response to this in today's culture?
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