Leviticus 24:17
'And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
In Context
18'And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.
Cross References
Genesis 9:5'And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;
Exodus 21:12'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;
Deuteronomy 19:11'And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him — the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,
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 →