Leviticus 24:18
He that killeth a beast, shall make it good, that is to say, shall give beast for beast.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
In Context
17He that striketh and killeth a man, dying let him die.
19He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:
Cross References
Exodus 21:33If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
Exodus 21:36But if he knew that his ox was wont to push yesterday and the day before, and his master did not keep him in: he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take 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 →