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Leviticus 24:17
And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
Leviticus 24:17 · Bible in Basic English
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Leviticus 24:17 in other translations
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
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In context
14 Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.
15 And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.
16 And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.
17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
18 And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.
19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;
20 Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.
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