Exodus 21:20 Cross References - Coverdale

²⁰ He that smyteth his seruaunt or mayde with a staff, that he dye vnder his handes, the same shall suffre vengeaunce therfore.

¹⁵ But the LORDE sayde thus vnto him: Who so euer slayeth Cain, it shalbe auenged seuenfolde. And the LORDE put a marck vpon Cain, that no man which founde him, shulde kyll him.

²⁴ Cain shalbe aueged seue tymes: but Lamech seuen and seuentie tymes.

⁶ He that sheddeth mas bloude, his bloude shal be shed by man agayne, for God made man after his owne licknesse.

²⁶ Yf a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, and destroye it, he shal let them go fre and lowse for the eye sake. ²⁷ In like maner yf he smyte out a tothe of his seruaunt or mayde, he shall let them go fre and lowse for the tothes sake.

¹⁹ The auenger of bloude shal bringe ye murthurer to death. Whan he fyndeth him, he shal slaye him.

³⁰ The deed slayer shal be slayne at ye mouth of witnesses. One witnesse shal not answere ouer a soule to death. ³¹ And ye shal receaue none attonement ouer the soule of the deedslayer (for he is giltye of death) but he shal dye the death. ³² And ye shal receaue none attonement of him, which is fled to the fre cite, yt he shulde come agayne to dwell in the londe, tyll the hye prest dye. ³³ And defyle not ye ye londe wherin ye dwell. For who so is giltye of bloude, defyleth the londe: and the londe can not be reconcyled from the bloude that is shed therin, but onely thorow the bloude of him that shed it.

²¹ Thine eye shall not pitie him. Soule for soule, eye for eye, tothe for tothe, hande for hande, fote for fote.

¹⁹ A seruaut wil not be the better for wordes, for though he vnderstonde, yet wil he not regarde them.

³ Wherfore fast we (saye they) and thou seist it not? we put oure liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not? ⁴ Beholde, when ye fast, youre lust remayneth still: for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters: lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smyte him with youre fist, that speaketh vnto you. Ye fast not (as somtyme) that youre voyce might be herde aboue.

⁴ for he is the minister off God for thy wealth. But yff thou do euell, then feare, for he beareth not the swerde for naughte. For he is the mynister of God, a taker of vengeaunce, to punyshe him that doth euell.