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Leviticus 24:18
Leviticus 24:18 is verse 18 of Leviticus chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
World English Bible
He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
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Leviticus 24:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 24:21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
Exodus 21:34the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
Exodus 21:35If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
Exodus 21:36But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.