Leviticus 24:17
Anyone who kills someone else must be executed.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
In Context
18Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it—a life for a life.
Cross References
Genesis 9:5If your blood is shed by any animal, I will call it to account; and if your blood is shed by any person, I will call that person to account.
Exodus 21:12Anyone who hits and kills someone else must be executed.
Deuteronomy 19:11On the other hand, if a man hates someone, hides in wait, and attacks and kills them, and then the killer runs to one of the sanctuary towns,
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 →