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Exodus 22:24
New English Translation
Exodus 22:24
New English Translation
24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.[a]
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- Exodus 22:24 sn The punishment will follow the form of talionic justice, an eye for an eye, in which the punishment matches the crime. God will use invading armies (“sword” is a metonymy of adjunct here) to destroy them, making their wives widows and their children orphans.
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