Leviticus 24:18
And he that taketh the nefesh of a beast shall make it good; nefesh takhat nefesh.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 nefesh of any man shall surely be put to death.
19And if a man cause a mum in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Cross References
Exodus 21:33And if an ish shall open a bor (pit), or if an ish shall dig a bor and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall therein;
Exodus 21:36Or if it be known that the shor hath habitually from mitmol (yesterday) gored, and his ba'al hath not kept it in the bull pen; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the carcass 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 →