He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
Parallel Translations
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He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
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And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
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And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Leviticus 24:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 24:17-18 “ ‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
- Exodus 21:33 “If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Ye shall have one manner of law,.... Respecting the…
Ye shall have one manner of law,.... Respecting the above things, blaspheming of the name of God, taking away the life of man, or of any beast, and of doing damage to either:
as well for the stranger as for one of your own country; the above laws were binding upon proselytes as well as Israelites, and proselytes of the gate as well as proselytes of righteousness, though the Jews commonly restrain it to the latter:
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for I am the Lord your God; whose name is holy and reverend, and ought not to be blasphemed; and who is the Maker and preserver of man and beast, and made these laws respecting them, and expected they should be obeyed, especially by the children of Israel, whose covenant God and Father he was, and they under the greatest obligation to serve and obey him.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Striketh, so as to kill or render useless, percusserit,…
Striketh, so as to kill or render useless, percusserit, (Haydock) ver. 18. --- Punished. Septuagint, "slain." They omit the first part of this verse.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. A repetition, introduced apparently in order to emphasize…
21. A repetition, introduced apparently in order to emphasize the direction to exercise no discrimination (Lev_24:22) between ‘the stranger’ and the ‘homeborn.’ P repeatedly urges this matter. Cp. Exo_12:49; Lev_16:29; Lev_17:15, etc.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) And he that killeth a beast.—This verse contains…
(21) And he that killeth a beast.—This verse contains a repetition of the laws enacted in Lev_24:17-18.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.