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Vicious Babushka5/17/2009 1:29:30 pm PDT

re: #574 Steffan

I doubt it.

While the Bible says, “Thou shalt not kill,” it also says, “He that smiteth a man, so that he dies, must surely die also.”

The bible says לא תרצח “Thou shalt not commit murder” It does not say לא להרג “Thou shalt not kill”

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life.

This is from the section pertaining to tort law, and sets the value of damages. It has nothing to do with knocking out eyes or teeth.