Leviticus 24:18
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
Leviticus 24:18 in other translations
| BSB | Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life. |
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| WEB | He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life. |
| ASV | And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life. |
| YLT | ‘And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body. |
| DARBY | And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life. |
| BBE | And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life. |
| Webster | And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. |
What does Leviticus 24:18 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.
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…
Leviticus 24:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 24:18
- Leviticus 24:21
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
- Exodus 21:34-36
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21; Ex 21:34-36
beast for beast. Heb. life for life.
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Context
- 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.
- Leviticus 24:19
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Leviticus 24:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el que hiere á algún animal, ha de restituirlo: animal por animal. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et celui qui aura frappé à mort une bête, fera compensation, vie pour vie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wer ein Vieh totschlägt, soll es erstatten: Leben um Leben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui percusserit animal, reddet vicarium, id est, animam pro anima. |