Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 167:14
מאי קושיא דלמא איכא דסליק בשריה הייא ואיכא דלא סליק בשריה הייא למאי נפקא מינה למיתב ליה היאך דביני ביני
If then you assume actual retaliation [for injury], why do I require the words, hand in hand? This shows that it means pecuniary compensation. But still, why the words, foot in foot? — Having written 'hand in hand', the text also wrote 'foot in foot'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XIX, 21. (E.V.: Hand for hand, foot for foot.) ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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