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Leviticus 24:21
21A man might hit an animal so that it dies. That man must give back an animal that is alive. But if he kills a man, you must punish him with death.
Leviticus 24:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.
Context of Leviticus 24:21
19If a man hurts another person, you must punish him as he deserves. Hurt him in the same way that he has hurt the other person. 20If he has broken one of the person's bones, break one of his bones. If he hurt the person's eye, hurt his eye. If he has broken a person's tooth, break his tooth. A man might hit an animal so that it dies. That man must give back an animal that is alive. But if he kills a man, you must punish him with death. 22This rule is for all the people. It is the same rule for Israelites and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.’ 23Moses spoke to Israel's people. A man had said bad things about God. They took him outside the camp. They threw stones at him until he died. Israel's people did as the Lord had told Moses.
Read all of Leviticus 24Leviticus 24:21 word by word
וּמַכֵּ֥ה בְהֵמָ֖ה יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה וּמַכֵּ֥ה אָדָ֖ם יוּמָֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 24:21
- Leviticus 24:18A man might kill an animal that belongs to another man. Then he must give an animal that is alive to the man. You must give a living animal if you take a living animal's life.
- Exodus 21:33If a man digs a hole in the ground, he must cover it. If he leaves a hole open, a cow or a donkey might fall into it.
- Leviticus 24:17If any man kills another man you must kill him.
Commentaries on Leviticus 24:21
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-23Verses 10-23 This offender was the son of an Egyptian father, and an Israelitish mother. The notice of his parents shows the common ill effect of mixed marriages. A standing law for the stoning of blasphemers was made upon this occasion. Great stress is laid upon this law. It extends to the strangers among them, as well as to those born in the land. Strangers, as well as native Israelites, should be entitled to the benefit of the law, so as not to suffer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-23A large group of non-Israelites, including other Semitic people and Egyptians, left Egypt with the Israelites (Exodus 12:38). Among them was a man with an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father. A fight broke out between this man and a full-blooded Israelite. the man who was half-Egyptian verbally cursed the Israelite, using the name of God in a disrespectful manner.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2217-22. he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death--These verses contain a repetition of some other laws, relating to offenses of a social nature, the penalties for which were to be inflicted, not by the hand of private parties, but through the medium of the judges before whom the cause was brought.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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