[Dargo]

It is also found in the Old Testament books of Exodus and Leviticus. For both passages, the phrase is used in the circumstance of a court case before a civil authority such as a judge. “An eye for an eye” was thus intended to be a guiding ethic for legislators and judges; it was not meant to advocate vengeance. I am no belieber, but this Israeli government is so orthodox its policy is an oxymoron.