Leviticus 24:21

Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

In Context

20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

22You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Leviticus 24:17And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.

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 →

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