◄ Leviticus 24:21 ►
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Good News Translation
Whoever kills an animal shall replace it, but whoever kills a human being shall be put to death.

New Revised Standard Version
One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it; but one who kills a human being shall be put to death.

Contemporary English Version
It's possible to pay the owner for an animal that has been killed, but death is the penalty for murder.

New American Bible
Whoever takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, but whoever takes a human life shall be put to death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished.

a beast

Leviticus 24:18 He that killeth a beast, shall make it good that is to say, shall give beast for beast.

Exodus 21:33 If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,

a man

Leviticus 24:17 He that striketh and killeth a man: dying let him die.

Context
An Eye for an Eye
…20Breach for breach, eye for ere, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer. 21He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished.22Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God.…
Cross References
Leviticus 6:4
Being convicted of the offence, he shall restore

Leviticus 24:17
He that striketh and killeth a man: dying let him die.

Leviticus 24:18
He that killeth a beast, shall make it good that is to say, shall give beast for beast.

Leviticus 24:20
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