The Meaning of Leviticus 24:20 Explained

Leviticus 24:20

KJV: Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

YLT: breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.

Darby: breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him.

ASV: breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 24:20?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 24:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 24:20 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Leviticus 24:20?

What is the context of Leviticus 24:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him [again].

What does Leviticus 24:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 24:1-23 - Light And Bread And The Holy Name

The words "Before the Lord" are twice repeated in the opening paragraph. The pure lamplight, emblematic of the influence of a religious life; and the showbread, set on the golden table, emblematic of lives of obedience and devotion, which are well-pleasing to God, are both said to be "before the Lord." We are reminded of the command to Abram, "Walk before me and be thou perfect;" and of the words of the dying Jacob, "The God before whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, did walk." This implies the continual consciousness of the presence of God. We all possess what may be termed a sub-consciousness, which lies beneath our ordinary sense. Let that be God filled!

What a pitiable condition that half-breed was in! May we be Israelites indeed, in whom is no guile! How they reverenced the very name of God. See 3 John 1:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 24

¹ The oil for the lamps
⁵ The showbread
¹⁰ Shelomith's son blasphemes
¹³ The law of blasphemy
¹⁷ Of murder
¹⁸ Of damage
²³ The blasphemer is stoned

What do the individual words in Leviticus 24:20 mean?

Fracture for fracture eye eye tooth tooth as he has caused disfigurement of a man so shall it be done to him

שֶׁ֚בֶר תַּ֣חַת שֶׁ֔בֶר עַ֚יִן עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן שֵׁ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֥ן מוּם֙ בָּֽאָדָ֔ם כֵּ֖ן יִנָּ֥תֶן בּֽוֹ

שֶׁ֚בֶר	Fracture
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שֶׁבֶר Sense: breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering.
שֶׁ֔בֶר	fracture
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שֶׁבֶר Sense: breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering.
עַ֚יִן	eye
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye.
עַ֔יִן	eye
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye.
שֵׁ֖ן	tooth
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: שֵׁן Sense: tooth, ivory.
שֵׁ֑ן	tooth
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: שֵׁן Sense: tooth, ivory.
יִתֵּ֥ן	he has caused
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set.
מוּם֙	disfigurement
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מְאוּם Sense: blemish, spot, defect.
בָּֽאָדָ֔ם	of a man
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind.
כֵּ֖ן	so
Parse: Adverb Root: כֵּן Sense: so, therefore, thus.
יִנָּ֥תֶן	shall it be done
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set.
בּֽוֹ	to him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular

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Similar Scriptures for Leviticus 24:20

		Deuteronomy 19:21 [4]
		Matthew 5:38 [4]
		Exodus 21:23-25 [2]