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NASB | Exodus 21:23 "But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 21:23 "But if there is any further injury, then you shall require [as a penalty] life for life, |
Subject: When is abortion right? |
Bible Note: CDBJ: Verses 22 and 23 of Exodus 21 clearly stipulate that (v.22) "If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, YET NO HARM FOLLOWS, he shall surely be punished as the woman's husband imposes on him..." But IF ANY HARM FOLLOWS (v.23), then you shall give LIFE FOR LIFE." The passage doesn't say anything about whether the woman is in her first, second or third trimester of pregnancy. Says John MacArthur on p. 127 of the notes on this passage in his study Bible: "The principle of retaliation applied if injury did occur to either mother or child. The punishment matched, but did not exceed, the damage done to the victim. The welfare of a pregnant woman was protected by this law so that unintentional maltreatment constituted culpable negligence. Significantly for the abortion debate, THE FETUS WAS CONSIDERED A PERSON; thus, someone was held accountable for its death or injury." (Emphasis mine). Still unconvinced? --Hank |