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the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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New Century Version

Leviticus 24:21

Whoever kills another person's animal must give that person another animal to take its place. But whoever kills another person must be put to death.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Retaliation;   The Topic Concordance - Execution;   Recompense/restitution;   Violence;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Restitution;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blasphemy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit;   Life;   Punishment;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Leviticus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Dibri;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Shelomith;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Retaliation ;   Stoning (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shelomith;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Stoning;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Murder;   Punishments;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Assassination;   Homicide;   Leviticus;   Murder;   Punishments;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Blasphemy;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He who kills a animal shall make it good: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
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.
Lexham English Bible
And a killer of a domestic animal must repay for it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death.
New English Translation
One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.
Amplified Bible
'The one who kills an animal shall replace it; but he who kills a human being [unlawfully] shall be put to death.
New American Standard Bible
'So the one who kills an animal shall make restitution, but the one who kills a person shall be put to death.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he that killeth a beast shall restore it: but he that killeth a man shall be slaine.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus the one who strikes down an animal shall make restitution for it, but the one who strikes down a man shall be put to death.
Contemporary English Version
It's possible to pay the owner for an animal that has been killed, but death is the penalty for murder.
Complete Jewish Bible
(Maftir) He who kills an animal is to make restitution, but he who kills another person is to be put to death.
Darby Translation
He that smiteth a beast [mortally] shall make it good; and he that smiteth a man [mortally] shall be put to death.
Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever kills an animal must pay for the animal. But whoever kills another person must be put to death.
English Standard Version
Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.
George Lamsa Translation
And he who kills a beast shall restore it; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
Good News Translation
Whoever kills an animal shall replace it, but whoever kills a human being shall be put to death.
Christian Standard Bible®
Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death.
Literal Translation
And he who smites an animal to death shall repay it; and he who smites a man to death shall be put to death.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that, who so slayeth a beest, shall paye for it: But he that slayeth a man, shal dye.
American Standard Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that kylleth a beast, let hym restore it: and he that kylleth a man, let hym dye.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.
King James Version (1611)
And hee that killeth a beast, hee shall restore it: and hee that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Whosoever shall smite a man, and he shall die, let him die the death.
English Revised Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.
Berean Standard Bible
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that smytith werk beeste, yeelde another; he that smytith a man, schal be punyschid.
Young's Literal Translation
`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth [the life of] man is put to death;
Update Bible Version
And he that kills a beast shall make it good: and he that kills man shall be put to death.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
World English Bible
He who kills a animal shall make it good: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
New King James Version
And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.
New Living Translation
"Whoever kills an animal must pay for it in full, but whoever kills another person must be put to death.
New Life Bible
So the one who kills an animal will pay for it with an animal. But the one who kills a man will be put to death.
New Revised Standard
One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it; but one who kills a human being shall be put to death.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good,-and he that killeth a human being, shall be put to death.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished.
Revised Standard Version
He who kills a beast shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death.

Contextual Overview

10 Now there was a son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian father who was walking among the Israelites. A fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. 11 The son of the Israelite woman began cursing and speaking against the Lord , so the people took him to Moses. (The mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the family of Dan.) 12 The people held him as a prisoner while they waited for the Lord 's command to be made clear to them. 13 Then the Lord said to Moses, 14 "Take the one who spoke against me outside the camp. Then all the people who heard him must put their hands on his head, and all the people must throw stones at him and kill him. 15 Tell the people of Israel this: ‘If anyone curses his God, he is guilty of sin. 16 Anyone who speaks against the Lord must be put to death; all the people must kill him by throwing stones at him. Foreigners must be punished just like the people born in Israel; if they speak against the Lord , they must be put to death. 17 "‘Whoever kills another person must be put to death. 18 Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give that person another animal to take its place. 19 And whoever causes an injury to a neighbor must receive the same kind of injury in return:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a beast: Leviticus 24:18, Exodus 21:33

a man: Leviticus 24:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:13 - General Deuteronomy 19:13 - but thou

Cross-References

Genesis 24:1
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
Genesis 24:6
Abraham said to him, "No! Don't take my son back there.
Genesis 24:7
The Lord , the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and the land of my relatives. And he promised me, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.' The Lord will send his angel before you to help you get a wife for my son there.
Genesis 24:12
The servant said, " Lord , God of my master Abraham, allow me to find a wife for his son today. Please show this kindness to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:18
Rebekah said, "Drink, sir." She quickly lowered the jar from her shoulder and gave him a drink.
Genesis 24:20
So she quickly poured all the water from her jar into the drinking trough for the camels. Then she kept running to the well until she had given all the camels enough to drink.
Genesis 24:56
But the servant said to them, "Do not make me wait, because the Lord has made my trip successful. Now let me go back to my master."
Psalms 107:1
Thank the Lord because he is good. His love continues forever.
Psalms 107:8
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.
Psalms 107:15
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it,.... The same as in Leviticus 24:18, which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and that it might be observed, though Jarchi takes it to be a different law; before, he says, it speaks of him that kills a beast, here of him that makes any wound or bruise in it, which he must make good; and it must be allowed that the manner of expression is different; there it is, he that smites the soul of a beast so that it dies, here only he that smites a beast, though it dies not, yet having some damage done it, satisfaction must be made:

and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death; or he that smites a man, though he does not kill him, as Jarchi observes, only makes a wound or bruise in him, because it is not said, the soul of a man, as before; but such damages did not require death, but satisfaction in another way, as in Leviticus 24:19.


 
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