with a fine. According as the husband of the woman might impose, he shall pay with judicial assessment. But if it is fully formed, he shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.” The distinction between an “unformed” and a “formed” child may have been influenced by the views of Aristotle. The usual Greek word for abortion, amblōsis, is never used in the NT. Paul in his humility (1 Cor 15:8) refers to himself as an extrōma, which can at times mean an abortion, but which
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