But if there is further injury, the punishment must match the injury: a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot, a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.
This passage is part of the laws given to Moses on Mount Sinai, detailing the principles of justice and retribution for injuries caused to others.
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Fulfilled inMatthew 5:38-39
Jesus references this law in the Sermon on the Mount, teaching a new way of responding to injury by turning the other cheek, thus fulfilling the law by transcending it with a higher principle of love and forgiveness.
This prophecy and its fulfillment highlight the transition from the Old Covenant, based on justice and retribution, to the New Covenant, centered on grace and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.