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Leviticus 24:21

He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21 · World English Bible

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Leviticus 24:21 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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 He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.

19 If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:

20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.

21 He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

22 You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am the LORD your God.’”

23 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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