Leviticus 24:18
And he that taketh the life of a beast shall make it good: beast for beast.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
In Context
17And he that taketh the life of any man shall surely be put to death.
19And if a man cause a bodily defect in his neighbor, as he hath done, so shall be done to him;
Cross References
Exodus 21:33And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein:
Exodus 21:36But if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in: he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall belong to him.
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 →