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Leviticus 24:21
He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.
Leviticus 24:21 · Bible in Basic English
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Leviticus 24:21 in other translations
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
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In context
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.
21 He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.
22 You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.
23 And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, and they took the man who had been cursing outside the tent-circle and had him stoned. The children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
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