Leviticus 24:21

Whosoever shall smite a man, and he shall die, let him die the death.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

20bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as anyone may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him.

22There shall be one judgment for the stranger and the native, for I am the Lord your God.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man.

Leviticus 24:17And whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the 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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