Leviticus 24:18
Whoever will have struck down an animal shall repay its equivalent, that is, a life for a life.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
In Context
17Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.
Cross References
Exodus 21:33If a man digs or opens a cistern, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Exodus 21:36But if he knew that his ox had pushed with its horns, yesterday and the day before, and its owner did not confine it, then he shall repay an ox for an ox, and he will receive the whole carcass.”
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 →