Leviticus 24:18

And whosoever shall smite a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

In Context

17And whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the death.

19And whosoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbor, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return;

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Cross References

Exodus 21:33And if anyone open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,

Exodus 21:36But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.

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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