Commentary for Bava Kamma 52:1

מנא הני מילי אמר חזקיה וכן תנא דבי חזקיה אמר קרא (שמות כא, כה) פצע תחת פצע לחייבו על השוגג כמזיד ועל האונס כרצון

Whence is this ruling<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That Man is Mu'ad to pay Depreciation for damage done by him under all circumstances. ');">¹</span> deduced? Hezekiah said, and thus taught a Tanna of the School of Hezekiah: Scripture states, Wound instead of a wound<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Literal rendering of Ex. XXI, 25, which is superfluous having regard to Lev. XXIV, 19, If a man maim his neighbour, as he hath done so shall it be done to him.] ');">²</span> — to impose the liability [for Depreciation] in the case of inadvertence as in that of willfulness, in the case of compulsion as in that of willingness. [But] was not that [verse] required to prescribe [indemnity for] Pain even in the case where Depreciation is independently paid? — If that is all,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That one is not merged in the other; cf. infra 85a. ');">³</span> Scripture should have stated, 'Wound for a wound',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Expressed in Hebrew only by two words [H] [H] ');">⁴</span>

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