“Aneyeforaneyeandatoothforatooth.”出自哪里?

Question

“An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”出自哪里?

Answer 1

在《圣经》中多次出现,如《圣经·旧约·申命记》的19篇,摩西受上帝之命,成为在埃及做奴隶的以色列人的领袖.他发布法令："The punishment is to be a life for a life,an eye for an eye,a tooth for a tooth,a hand for a hand and a foot for a foot."("要以命偿命,以眼还眼,以
牙还牙,以手还手,以脚还脚." .汉语中"以眼还眼"、"以牙还牙"即源于此,表示"以其人之道还治其人之身".