Leviticus 24:18
'And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
In Context
17'And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
19'And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;
Cross References
Exodus 21:33'And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, —
Exodus 21:36or, it hath been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.
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 →