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Leviticus 24:17

And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Homicide;   Retaliation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Murder;   The Topic Concordance - Execution;   Violence;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Murder;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blasphemy;   Execution;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit;   Kill, Killing;   Life;   Murder;   Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Murder;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Slave;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   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;   Slave, Slavery;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shelomith;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Servant;   Stoning;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Murder;   Slave;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Assassination;   Homicide;   Leviticus;   Life;   Murder;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abetment;   Assault and Battery;   Avenger of Blood;   Blasphemy;   Capital Punishment;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
King James Version
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Lexham English Bible
"‘And when a man kills any human being, he certainly shall be put to death.
New Century Version
"‘Whoever kills another person must be put to death.
New English Translation
"‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
Amplified Bible
'If a man takes the life of any human being [unlawfully], he shall most certainly be put to death.
New American Standard Bible
'Now if someone takes any human life, he must be put to death.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He also that killeth any man, he shal be put to death.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘If a man strikes down the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death.
Contemporary English Version
Death is also the penalty for murder,
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Anyone who strikes another person and kills him must be put to death.
Darby Translation
And if any one smiteth any man mortally, he shall certainly be put to death.
Easy-to-Read Version
"And whoever kills another person must be put to death.
English Standard Version
"Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.
George Lamsa Translation
And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.
Good News Translation
"Any who commit murder shall be put to death,
Christian Standard Bible®
“If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.
Literal Translation
And a man, when he strikes the soul from any man, dying he shall die.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He that slayeth a man, shall dye ye death.
American Standard Version
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that kylleth any man, let hym dye the death.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
King James Version (1611)
And he that killeth any man, shall surely be put to death.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the death.
English Revised Version
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death;
Berean Standard Bible
And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that smytith and sleeth a man, die bi deeth;
Young's Literal Translation
`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
Update Bible Version
And a man that smites any life of man, shall surely be put to death.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
World English Bible
He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
New King James Version
"Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.
New Living Translation
"Anyone who takes another person's life must be put to death.
New Life Bible
‘If a man takes the life of any human being, he will be put to death for sure.
New Revised Standard
Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when, any man, by smiting taketh the life of any human being, he shall be surely put to death,
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that striketh and killeth a man: dying let him die.
Revised Standard Version
He who kills a man shall be put to death.
THE MESSAGE
"Anyone who hits and kills a fellow human must be put to death. Anyone who kills someone's animal must make it good—a life for a life. Anyone who injures his neighbor will get back the same as he gave: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. What he did to hurt that person will be done to him. Anyone who hits and kills an animal must make it good, but whoever hits and kills a fellow human will be put to death. And no double standards: the same rule goes for foreigners and natives. I am God , your God."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death.

Contextual Overview

10 And a son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel and had a fight with a man of Israel by the tents; 11 And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12 And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord. 13 And the Lord said to Moses, 14 Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people. 15 And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head. 16 And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death. 17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death. 18 And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life. 19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And he: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12-14, Numbers 35:31, Deuteronomy 19:11, Deuteronomy 19:12

killeth any man: Heb. smiteth the life of a man

Reciprocal: Leviticus 24:21 - a man Numbers 35:16 - the Deuteronomy 19:13 - but thou Deuteronomy 19:21 - life shall Deuteronomy 27:24 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.
Genesis 24:6
And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
Genesis 24:7
The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.
Genesis 24:17
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
Genesis 24:18
And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.
Genesis 24:35
The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.
1 Kings 17:10
So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?
Isaiah 21:14
Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.
Isaiah 30:25
And there will be rivers and streams of water on every tall mountain and on every high hill, in the day when great numbers are put to the sword, when the towers come down.
Isaiah 49:10
They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. With the sword, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; which restrains it to any man of the children of Israel, but wrongly; for the original law respects any man whatever, Genesis 9:6; and so it does here;

Genesis 9:6- :.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 24:17. He that killeth any man — Blasphemy against God, i. e., speaking injuriously of his name, his attributes, his government, and his revelation, together with murder, is to be punished with death: he that blasphemes God is a curse in society, and he who takes away, wilfully and by malicious intent, the life of any man, should certainly be put to death. In this respect God has absolutely required that life shall go for life.


 
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