Leviticus 24 · Verse 17

Leviticus 24:17

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 24:17, King James Version

Leviticus 24:17 in other translations

BSBAnd if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
WEB“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
ASVAnd he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
YLT‘And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
DARBYAnd if any one smiteth any man mortally, he shall certainly be put to death.
BBEAnd anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
WebsterAnd he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

What does Leviticus 24:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 24:17-22
17-22. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 He that killeth any man - Blasphemy against God, i. e., speaking injuriously of his name, his attributes, his government, and his revelation, together with murder, is to be punished with death: he that blasphemes God is a curse in society, and he who takes away, wilfully and by malicious intent, the life of any man, should certainly be put to death. In this respect God has absolutely required that life shall go for life.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 24:10-23

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…

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Leviticus 24:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִ֕ישׁve.'Ishand anyoneH376
כִּ֥יkiifH3588
יַכֶּ֖הya.Kehhe will strike downH5221
כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshlife ofH5315
אָדָ֑ם'a.DamhumankindH120
מ֖וֹתMotcertainly <to die>H4191
יוּמָֽת\׃yu.Mathe will be put to deathH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 24:17

  • Genesis 9:5-6

    And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

  • Deuteronomy 19:11-12

    But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • Numbers 35:30-31

    Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

  • Deuteronomy 27:24

    Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Exodus 21:12-14

    He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he.
Ge 9:5,6; Ex 21:12-14; Nu 35:31; De 19:11,12
killeth any man. Heb. smiteth the life of a man.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 24:16

    And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

  • Leviticus 24:17

    And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Leviticus 24:18

    And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

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Leviticus 24:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Asimismo el hombre que hiere de muerte á cualquiera persona, que sufra la muerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et si quelqu’un a frappé à mort un homme, il sera certainement mis à mort.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn jemand irgend einen Menschen totschlägt, so soll er gewißlich getötet werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui percusserit, et occiderit hominem, morte moriatur.