Eye for eye excerpt: Exodus 21 23

23) However, if there is a fatal injury [to the woman], then he must pay full compensation for her life.

24) Full compensation must be paid for the loss of an eye, a tooth, a hand or a foot*.

25) Full compensation must [also] be paid for a burn, a wound*, or a bruise.

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Notes: 21:24

Full compensation - (Rashi, Bava Kama 84a). Literally, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" These expressions, however, are meant idiomatically and not literally. See Leviticus 24:19,20, Deuteronomy 19:21 21:25

Wound - Or, "cut" (Rashi: Radak, (sherashim).

 

 

 

Ten commandments excerpt: Exodus 20

3) Do not have any Gods before me.

4) Do not represent [such gods] by any carved statue or picture of anything in the heaven above, on the earth below, or in the water below the land.

5) Do not bow down to [such gods] or worship them. I am God your Lord, a God who demands exclusive worship. Where my enemies are concerned, I keep in mind the sin of the fathers for [their] descendants, to the third and fourth [generation].

6) But for those who love Me and keep My commandments, I show love for thousands [of generations].

7) Do not take the name of God your lord in vain. God will not allow the one who takes His name in vain to go unpunished.

8) Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy.

9) You can work during the six weekdays and do all your tasks. But Saturday is the Sabbath to God your Lord. Do not do anything that constitutes work. [This includes] you, your son, your daughter, your slave, your maid, your animal, and the foreigner in your gates.

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Note on 21:13

 Do not steal - This is primarily a commandment against kidnapping (21:16) However, it forbids all sort of dishonesty. (Targum Yonathan).

 

 

 

Exodus excerpt: Exodus 13 17)

17) When Pharaoh let the people leave, God did not lead them along the Philistine Highway, although it was the shorter route. God's consideration was that if the people encountered armed resistance, they would lose heart and return to Egypt.

18) God therefore made the people take a roundabout path, by way of the desert to the red sea. The Israelites were well prepared when they left Egypt

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note:

Philistine highway - Josephus refers to this as the "Palestine highway" (antiquities 2:15:3) This is the usual route to Egypt, along the Mediterranean coast through Philistine territory.