Leviticus 24:18
And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
In Context
17And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
19And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;
Cross References
Exodus 21:33If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
Exodus 21:36But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 24:11-23
The Blasphemy of Shelomith's Son; The Punishment of Shelomith's Son. ( b. c. 1490.) 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord , and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind… Read the whole commentary →