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Leviticus 24:17-22

17And ifכִּ֥יkiH3588a manוְאִ֕ישׁve.'IshH376takes the lifeיַכֶּ֖הya.KehH5221of anyone elseכָּל־ נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑םkol- Ne.fesh 'a.DamH3605 H5315 H120,he must surely be put to deathH4191.

18Whoever killsוּמַכֵּ֥הu.ma.KehH5221an animalבְּהֵמָ֖הbe.he.MahH929must make restitutionיְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּהye.shal.le.Me.nahH7999—lifeנֶֽפֶשׁ־ne.fesh-H5315forנֶ֖פֶשׁ תַּ֥חַתNe.fesh Ta.chatH8478 H5315lifeנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315.

19Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588anyoneוְאִ֕ישׁve.'IshH376injuresיִתֵּ֥ן מ֖וּםyi.Ten mumH5414 H3971his neighborבַּעֲמִית֑וֹba.'a.mi.ToH5997,whateverכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834he has doneעָשָׂ֔ה כֵּ֖ן'a.Sah kenH6213 H3651must be doneיֵעָ֥שֶׂהye.'A.sehH6213to him:

20fractureשֶׁ֚בֶרShe.verH7667forתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478fractureשֶׁ֔בֶרShe.verH7667,eyeעַ֚יִן'A.yinH5869forתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478eyeעַ֔יִן'A.yinH5869,toothשֵׁ֖ןshenH8127forתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478toothשֵׁ֑ןShenH8127.Just asכַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.SherH834he injuredיִתֵּ֥ן מוּם֙yi.Ten mumH5414 H3971the other personבָּֽאָדָ֔םba.'a.DamH120,the sameכֵּ֖ןkenH3651must be inflictedיִנָּ֥תֶןyi.Na.tenH5414on him.

21Whoever killsוּמַכֵּ֥הu.ma.KehH5221an animalבְהֵמָ֖הve.he.MahH929must make restitutionיְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּהye.shal.le.Me.nahH7999,but whoever killsוּמַכֵּ֥הu.ma.KehH5221a manאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120must be put to deathיוּמָֽת׃yu.MatH4191.

22You are to haveיִהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961the sameאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259standard of lawמִשְׁפַּ֤טmish.PatH4941for the foreign residentכַּגֵּ֥רka.GerH1616and the nativeכָּאֶזְרָ֖ח יִהְיֶ֑הka.'ez.Rach yih.YehH249 H1961;forכִּ֛יkiH3588Iאֲנִ֥י'a.NiH589am the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.’”

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