Leviticus 24:21
“And hee that killeth a beast, hee shall restore it: and hee that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.”
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Leviticus 24:21 Context
19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shal it be done to him: 20Breach, for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him againe. 21And hee that killeth a beast, hee shall restore it: and hee that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 22Ye shall haue one maner of law, aswell for the stranger, as for one of your owne countrey: for I am the Lord your God. 23¶ And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring foorth him that had cursed, out of the Campe, and stone him with stones: and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
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And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
- King James Version
'Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death.
- New American Standard Version (1995)