Leviticus 24:18
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
In Context
17And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
19If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
Cross References
Exodus 21:33If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Exodus 21:36But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal 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 →