Burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. The continuation of the lex talionis through different categories of bodily harm establishes the comprehensive scope of the proportionality principle. Every type of injury is governed by the same standard. The specificity of burn, wound, bruise indicates that ancient law was detailed and granular — the categories of harm that required different legal treatment were carefully distinguished. 1 Peter 2:24 says Christ himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. The wound-for-wound principle of Exodus 21:25 finds its ultimate redemptive inversion in the wounds of Christ that produce healing rather than retaliation.

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