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.
Leviticus 24:21 in other translations
| BSB | Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death. |
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| WEB | He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death. |
| ASV | And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. |
| YLT | ‘And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth the life of man is put to death; |
| DARBY | He that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good; and he that smiteth a man mortally shall be put to death. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. |
What does Leviticus 24:21 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 24:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 24:21
- Leviticus 24:17-18
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
- Exodus 21:33
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
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Context
- Leviticus 24:20
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
- 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.
- Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 24:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que hiere algún animal, ha de restituirlo; mas el que hiere de muerte á un hombre, que muera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui qui frappera à mort une bête, fera compensation pour elle, et celui qui aura frappé à mort un homme, sera mis à mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wer ein Vieh totschlägt, soll es erstatten; wer aber einen Menschen totschlägt, soll getötet werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui percusserit jumentum, reddet aliud. Qui percusserit hominem, punietur. |