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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Restitution for the death of a pregnant woman

DR. SANDRA JACOBS: Deathblows to a Pregnant Woman – What Restitution Was Required? (TheTorah.com).
The requirement of a “life for a life,” recalling the lex talionis, is provided when a man accidentally kills a pregnant woman in a brawl. While this consequence is generally explained as capital punishment or monetary repayment, its legal formulation in the Covenant Collection is suggestive of live, human, substitution.

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