Tanach
Shemot 21:26-27 שמות כ״א:כ״ו-כ״ז
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וְכִֽי־יַכֶּה אִישׁ אֶת־עֵין עַבְדּוֹ אֽוֹ־אֶת־עֵין אֲמָתוֹ וְשִֽׁחֲתָהּ לַֽחׇפְשִׁי יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ תַּחַת עֵינֽוֹ׃
If a man strikes the eye of his slave, or the eye of his female slave, and destroys [blinds] it, he shall set him [the slave] free as compensation for the eye.
If a man strikes the eye of his slave, or the eye of his female slave, and destroys [blinds] it, he shall set him [the slave] free as compensation for the eye.
Rashi
תחת עינו. וכן בכ"ד ראשי אברים, אצבעות הידים והרגלים, ושתי אזנים, והחוטם, וראש הגויה שהוא גיד האמה. ולמה נאמר שן ועין, שאם נאמר עין ולא נאמר שן, הייתי אומר, מה עין שנברא עמו אף כל שנברא עמו, והרי שן לא נברא עמו. ואם נאמר שן ולא נאמר עין, הייתי אומר, אפילו שן תינוק שיש לה חליפין, לכך נאמר עין (מכילתא פ"ט):
As compensation for the eye. The same [applies to the loss of] 24 tips of limbs: the fingers of the hands and feet, the two ears, the nose and the רֹאֹש הַגְּוִיָּה which is the membrum. Then why are the tooth and eye both mentioned? Because if “the eye” was mentioned and “the tooth” would not be mentioned I would have said [that “the tooth” is excluded]: Just as the eye was created together with him so, too, any [limb] that was created together with him, whereas “the tooth” was not created together with him. Had “the tooth” been mentioned and “the eye” not been mentioned, I would have said [that this law also includes] even a “baby-tooth,” though it replaces itself. Therefore “the eye” is mentioned.
וְאִם־שֵׁן עַבְדּוֹ אֽוֹ־שֵׁן אֲמָתוֹ יַפִּיל לַֽחׇפְשִׁי יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ תַּחַת שִׁנּֽוֹ׃ {פ}
If [he knocks out] the tooth of his slave, or knocks out the tooth of his female slave, he shall set him [the slave] free as compensation for the tooth.
If [he knocks out] the tooth of his slave, or knocks out the tooth of his female slave, he shall set him [the slave] free as compensation for the tooth.
את עין עבדו. כנעני, אבל עברי אינו יוצא בשן ועין, כמו שאמרנו אצל לא תצא כצאת העבדים:
The eye of his slave — who is gentile. But a Hebrew [slave] does not go out free due to the loss of a tooth or an eye as we have already said regarding [the verse] “She shall not go free as do the [gentile] male-slaves.”