Leviticus 24:17-22
New American Standard Bible
An Eye for an Eye
17 ‘Now (A)if someone [a]takes any human life, he must be put to death. 18 But (B)the one who [b]takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, life for life. 19 If someone injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him: 20 (C)fracture for fracture, (D)eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a person, so shall it be [c]inflicted on him. 21 So the one who [d]kills an animal shall make restitution, but (E)the one who [e]kills a person shall be put to death. 22 There shall be only (F)one [f]standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the Lord your God.’”
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- Leviticus 24:17 Lit strikes
- Leviticus 24:18 Lit strikes
- Leviticus 24:20 Lit given
- Leviticus 24:21 Lit strikes down
- Leviticus 24:21 Lit strikes down
- Leviticus 24:22 Lit judgment
Leviticus 24:17-22
English Standard Version
An Eye for an Eye
17 (A)“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. 18 (B)Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life. 19 If anyone injures his neighbor, (C)as he has done it shall be done to him, 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. 21 (D)Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, (E)and whoever kills a person shall be put to death. 22 You shall have the (F)same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God.”
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