Revenge and retribution are different. When you get revenge, you can do more to the person than they did to you. Retribution is limited by what the person deserves.
Gen 4: 23-24 23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
24 If Cain is avenged seven times,
then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
That's revenge, but not retribution.
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Can an individual justly exact retribution in the first place?
Or is it only the State that is justified to exact retribution?
Genesis 9:6
“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.
Needles do not shed blood. Neither do electric chairs, gas chambers, or nooses.
Crucifixion maybe?
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