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Assault and Battery: Laws Concerning Exodus 21:15, 18, 22–27

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death. / If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed, / If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

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Assault and Battery: Laws Concerning Deuteronomy 17:8–12

If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose. / You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case. / You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,

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Assault and Battery: Laws Concerning Matthew 5:38, 39

You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ / But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

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