Leviticus 24:18

he that smiteth a beast, yield one in his stead, that is, life for life.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17He that smiteth and slayeth a man, die he by death; (He who striketh and killeth a man, shall be put to death;)

19If a man giveth a wem to any of his citizens (or If a man giveth a wound, or an injury, to any of his fellow citizens), as he did, so be it done to him;

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Cross References

Exodus 21:33If any man openeth a cistern, or a pit, and diggeth it, and covereth it not, and an ox either an ass falleth into it, (If anyone openeth a cistern, or a well, and diggeth it, and covereth it not up, and an ox or a donkey falleth into it,)

Exodus 21:36Forsooth if the lord knew, that his ox was a (horn)-putter from yesterday and the third day ago, and kept not him (or and did not keep him in), he shall yield (another) ox for (the dead) ox, and he shall take the whole dead carcass.

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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