26 "An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
26 "When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.
26 "If a slave owner hits the eye of a slave or handmaid and ruins it, the owner must let the slave go free because of the eye.
26 If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.
26 "If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 21:26
Commentary on Exodus 21:22-36
(Read Exodus 21:22-36)
The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still in use, for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws, that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly. If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it good, and be desirous that nobody may lose by us.