Leviticus 24:18

Leviticus 24:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Anyone who kills another person’s animal must pay for it in full—a live animal for the animal that was killed.

Context of Leviticus 24:18

16anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they blaspheme the Name they are to be put to death. 17“ ‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death. Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution—life for life. 19Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: 20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.

Leviticus 24:18 word by word

וּמַכֵּ֥ה נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּהֵמָ֖ה יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה נֶ֖פֶשׁ תַּ֥חַת נָֽפֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he that killethנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• a beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• a beastנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• shall make it goodשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999

Cross-references for Leviticus 24:18

• Leviticus 24:21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.
• Exodus 21:34the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.

Commentaries on Leviticus 24:18

• 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 24:18

• Restitution
• Retaliation

In the dictionaries

• Beast
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Life
• Pentateuch
• Sanctuary
• Semites, Semitic Religion

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