Exodus 21:18-19

"And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed."

The "rights" protected here were two: (1) the right to be free of the charge of murder unless the man died; and (2) the right of the injured in such a fight to be compensated for time lost and physician's bills due to injuries resulting from the fight. Thus, we have a piece of Divine legislation that recognizes the rights of victims of crime, a legal principle that is only yet dimly perceived and little honored in our society. Our so-called "modern laws" will not catch up to the spirit of this until they require convicted robbers and other violent criminals to reimburse their victims for personal injuries, medical bills, and financial loss. Until legislative bodies all over the world do this, they will languish far behind the principles of these just and holy regulations.