“... LIFE FOR LIFE. There is a division of opinion in the Babylonian Talmud (Bava Kamma 83a-b) as to whether the death penalty is imposed if the woman died. On the one hand, there was no thought of murdering her. On the other hand, there was an intent to kill if necessary, so it is a case of ‘he intended to murder one person, but murdered another.’ The halakhah is that this is not considered murder. By rendering the phrase literally, the Targum is contrary to the halakhah. 24. EYE FOR EYE. This verse and the next contain the laws of retribution called lex talionis. Although there are opinions that the Bible is to be understood literally, the preponderant view, and the accepted one, is that ‘monetary retribution’ is meant. There is absolutely no record that the court ever meted out any punishment in civil litigation other than monetary damages. The phrase ‘eye for eye’ was meant to convey the idea that the payment awarded must be exactly and precisely determined. ...”