Leviticus 24:21

Anyone who kills an animal must pay it back, and anyone who kills a person must be put to death.

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And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

In Context

20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has caused an injury to a person, so must it also be done to him.

22You must have the same law for both the foreigner and the native-born Israelite, for I am Yahweh your God.'”

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5But for your blood, the life that is in your blood, I will require payment. From the hand of every animal I will require it. From the hand of any man, that is, from the hand of one who has murdered his brother, I will require an accounting for the life of that man. 1

Leviticus 24:17If anyone strikes down another human being, he must certainly be put to 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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