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Leviticus 24:17-22

17‘Nowifכִּ֥יkiH3588someoneוְאִ֕ישׁve.'IshH376takesיַכֶּ֖הya.KehH5221anyכָּל־kol-H3605humanאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120lifeנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315,he mustH4191be putH4191toH4191deathH4191.

18But the one whotakesוּמַכֵּ֥הu.ma.KehH5221the lifeנֶֽפֶשׁ־ne.fesh-H5315of an animalבְּהֵמָ֖הbe.he.MahH929shall makeH7999restitutionH7999,lifeנֶ֖פֶשׁNe.feshH5315for lifeנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315.

19Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588someoneוְאִ֕ישׁve.'IshH376injuresיִתֵּ֥ןyi.TenH5414 H4140his neighborבַּעֲמִית֑וֹba.'a.mi.ToH5997,justH3512asH3512he has doneעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213,soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651shall it be doneיֵעָ֥שֶׂהye.'A.sehH6213to him:

20fractureשֶׁ֚בֶרShe.verH7667for fractureשֶׁ֔בֶרShe.verH7667,eyeעַ֚יִן'A.yinH5869for eyeעַ֔יִן'A.yinH5869,toothשֵׁ֖ןshenH8127for toothשֵׁ֑ןShenH8127;justH3512asH3512he has injuredיִתֵּ֥ןyi.TenH5414 H4140a personבָּֽאָדָ֔םba.'a.DamH120,soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651shall it beinflictedיִנָּ֥תֶןyi.Na.tenH5414on him.

21So the one whokillsוּמַכֵּ֥הu.ma.KehH5221an animalבְהֵמָ֖הve.he.MahH929shall makeH7999restitutionH7999, but the one whokillsוּמַכֵּ֥הu.ma.KehH5221a personאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120shall be putיוּמָֽת׃yu.MatH4191toH4191deathH4191.

22There shall be onlyoneאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259standardמִשְׁפַּ֤טmish.PatH4941for you; it shall be for the strangerכַּגֵּ֥רka.GerH1616as well as the nativeכָּאֶזְרָ֖חka.'ez.RachH249,for I am the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.’”

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