Leviticus 24:18
he that smytith a beeste, yelde oon in his stide, that is, lijf for lijf. + 24:18 liyf for liyf, that is, a beeste of the same kynde and valu, ether the priys bi the doom of iugis.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
In Context
17He that smytith and sleeth a man, die bi deeth;
Cross References
Exodus 21:33If ony man openeth a cisterne, and diggith, and hilith it not, and an oxe ether asse fallith in to it,
Exodus 21:36Forsothe if his lord wiste, that the oxe was a puttere fro yistirdai and the thridde dai ago, and kepte not him, he schal yelde oxe for oxe, and he schal take the hool carkeys.
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 →