Upon a cursory read of the books of Moses, the Torah, some of the laws contained within it not only seem a bit harsh, but even barbaric at times. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. Maybe it will help you to explain this seeming contradiction to others who have posed this or a similar question to you. When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. In our current newsletter, I address this question with an article entitled “An Eye For An Eye,” explaining Yeshua’s teaching in this instance. Maybe you have come across this type of question as well. If we are required to be fully Torah observant, and Yeshua was simply establishing a way for us to do so in practice but without making any actual change to the laws Moses communicated, then how could Yeshua establish a new law of mercy in their place as he told his followers here? Yeshua said "you have heard they were told 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.' But what I tell you is this: do not resist those who wrong you." (Mt. Among them is "an eye for an eye, tooth for tooth" (v. God gave the people laws to obey, as recorded in Exodus 21 ("these are the laws you are to set before them." v. Yeshua’s words in Matthew 5 seem to advocate changing the Torah’s principle of “eye for eye” with grace and mercy. I was recently asked a sincere question about the relationship of Yeshua to the Torah.
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