Leviticus 24:21

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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Whoever kills an animal must pay for it in full, but whoever kills another person must be put to death.

Context of Leviticus 24:21

19If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, 20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death. 22You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God." 23So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:21 word by word

וּמַכֵּ֥ה בְהֵמָ֖ה יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה וּמַכֵּ֥ה אָדָ֖ם יוּמָֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he that killethנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• a beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• he shall restoreשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• a manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• he shall be put to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Leviticus 24:21

• Leviticus 24:18Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life.
• Exodus 21:33"When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
• Leviticus 24:17"Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.

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

Topics related to Leviticus 24:21

• Retaliation

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• Law in the Old Testament
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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