Topic > Compare and contrast the code of Hammurabi and the law...

"Breach for breach, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth..." (Exodus 22:16). In the Code of Hammurabi, it is said: "If a man put out another man's eye, his own eye will be put out" (HC 196). Both agree that what is taken, should be given, and what is done, should be done to the other. In many respects it must be returned in a double or triple fold. “If a man gives to his neighbor money or things for safekeeping, and they are stolen from that man's house; if the thief is found, you pay double", as the law of Moses says. (Exodus 22:7) An interesting aspect of the law of Moses is the sacrifices that can be made to cleanse sins or transgressions. “And he will lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering; and it will be accepted to make atonement for him.” (Leviticus 1:4) These can serve as mediators to cleanse past wrongs. On the other hand, many laws like those listed in the previous paragraph are more severe in the Law of Moses than in the code of Hammurabi, while those like this code, "If anyone steals the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be subjected to death. ”(HC 6) In the law of Moses, only the law that does not steal together with some sub-rules in which it is repaid are