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  • Was God’s Law “Eye for Eye” Unduly Harsh?
    Awake!—1977 | June 8
    • At Leviticus 24:17-20 we read:

  • Was God’s Law “Eye for Eye” Unduly Harsh?
    Awake!—1977 | June 8
    • Here again a similar attitude is shown on the part of the offender​—a deliberate act of murder, or of maiming or injuring a fellowman. Why can we say “deliberate”? Because an unintentional manslayer (someone killing a person accidentally) could receive mercy. “Refuge cities” were provided as sanctuary when the killing was an accident.​—Num. 35:11-15, 25.

  • Was God’s Law “Eye for Eye” Unduly Harsh?
    Awake!—1977 | June 8
    • And in case a man should cause a defect in his associate, then just as he has done, so it should be done to him.

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