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the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Leviticus 24:18

The one who takes the life of an animal will pay for it, a life for a life.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Restitution;   Retaliation;   The Topic Concordance - Recompense/restitution;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Punishments;  

Dictionaries:

- 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 - 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;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shelomith;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Stoning;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Punishments;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beast;   Leviticus;   Life;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Blasphemy;   Hammurabi;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He who strikes a animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
Lexham English Bible
And he who kills a domestic animal must repay for it life in place of life.
New Century Version
Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give that person another animal to take its place.
New English Translation
One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.
Amplified Bible
'The one who kills an animal shall replace it, animal for animal.
New American Standard Bible
'But the one who takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, life for life.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the one who strikes down the life of an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.
Contemporary English Version
but the killing of an animal that belongs to someone else requires only that the animal be replaced.
Complete Jewish Bible
Anyone who strikes an animal and kills it is to make restitution, life for life.
Darby Translation
And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give another animal to take its place.
English Standard Version
Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life.
George Lamsa Translation
And he who kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
Good News Translation
and any who kill an animal belonging to someone else must replace it. The principle is a life for a life.
Christian Standard Bible®
Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, life for life.
Literal Translation
And he who smites an animal to death shall make it good, soul for soul.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but he that slayeth a beest, shall paye for it. Soule for soule.
American Standard Version
And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
Bible in Basic English
And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that kylleth a beast, let hym make hym good, beast for beast.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.
King James Version (1611)
And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good; beast for beast.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And whosoever shall smite a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life.
English Revised Version
and he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.
Berean Standard Bible
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution-life for life.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he that smytith a beeste, yelde oon in his stide, that is, lijf for lijf.
Young's Literal Translation
`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.
Update Bible Version
And he that smites a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
World English Bible
He who strikes a animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
New King James Version
Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal.
New Living Translation
"Anyone who kills another person's animal must pay for it in full—a live animal for the animal that was killed.
New Revised Standard
Anyone who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he that by smiting taketh away the life of a beast, shall make it good, - life for life.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that killeth a beast, shall make it good that is to say, shall give beast for beast.
Revised Standard Version
He who kills a beast shall make it good, life for life.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life.

Contextual Overview

10 Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went among the people of Israel. And the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel fought with each other among the tents. 11 The son of the Israelite woman swore against the name of the Lord. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the family of Dan.) 12 And they kept him shut up until the will of the Lord might be made known to them. 13 Then the Lord said to Moses, 14 "Take the one who has sworn against Me away from the tents. Let all who heard him lay their hands on his head. Then let all the people kill him by throwing stones. 15 Say to the people of Israel, ‘If anyone swears against his God, he will suffer for his own sin. 16 The one who speaks against the name of the Lord will be put to death for sure. All the people will kill him with stones. Both the stranger and those born in the land will be put to death when he speaks against the name of the Lord. 17 ‘If a man takes the life of any human being, he will be put to death for sure. 18 The one who takes the life of an animal will pay for it, a life for a life. 19 If a man hurts his neighbor, it will be done to him just as he has done,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that killeth: Leviticus 24:21, Exodus 21:34-36

beast for beast: Heb. life for life

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:14 - make it good

Cross-References

Genesis 24:8
But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this promise to me. Only do not take my son there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand under the hip of Abraham, and he promised to do this.
Genesis 24:14
If I say to a girl, ‘Let down your jar so that I may drink,' and she answers, ‘Drink, and I will give water to your camels also,' let her be the one whom You have chosen for your servant Isaac. I will know by this that You have shown loving-kindness to my boss."
Proverbs 31:26
She opens her mouth with wisdom. The teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
1 Peter 3:8
Last of all, you must share the same thoughts and the same feelings. Love each other with a kind heart and with a mind that has no pride.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good,.... Pay for it, give the value of it, or another as good as that instead of it, as follows:

beast for beast; or "soul for soul"; life for life, that is, a living one for that the life of which is taken away, and one every way as good as that.


 
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