Exodus CH. 21. The LORD continues to give Moses the Law.

Truth In Scripture Pastor Rick Kabrick Thursday, November 9, 2023 Exodus CH. 21. The LORD continues to give Moses the Law.
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The measure-for-measure principle eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand does not imply that literal hands and eyes are to be removed but that rather that punishment must fit the crime. Including in the case of murder, life for life.
The Hebrew word עֶבֶד eḇeḏ means both slave and servant. It is from the Hebrew root word abad עָבַד āḇaḏ which means to serve. So, it is not to be interpreted as the picture of brutal slavery that one has here in America.