17 “‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.(A) 18 Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution(B)—life for life. 19 Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.(C) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. 21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution,(D) but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.(E) 22 You are to have the same law for the foreigner(F) and the native-born.(G) I am the Lord your God.’”

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17 “‘And when a man kills any human being, he certainly shall be put to death. 18 And he who kills[a] a domestic animal must repay for it life in place of life. 19 And when a man causes[b] a physical defect in his fellow citizen according to[c] what he has done, so it shall be done to him: 20 fracture in place of fracture, eye in place of eye, tooth in place of tooth—according to[d] the physical defect he causes[e] to the person, likewise it shall be caused[f] to him. 21 And a killer of a domestic animal must repay for it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death. 22 You must have[g] one norm; as for the alien, so[h] it must be for the native, because I am Yahweh your God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:18 Literally “he who kills the soul of” or “he who kills the life of”
  2. Leviticus 24:19 Literally “gives”
  3. Leviticus 24:19 Literally “as that”
  4. Leviticus 24:20 Literally “as that”
  5. Leviticus 24:20 Literally “gives”
  6. Leviticus 24:20 Literally “given”
  7. Leviticus 24:22 Literally “it shall be for you”
  8. Leviticus 24:22 Hebrew “as”