Bible verse
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
Leviticus 24:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 24.
14 “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
15 And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
17 And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
18 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
22 You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
KJV
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
ASV
And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
ERV
and he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.
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