A moment in scripture
Leviticus 24:18
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And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
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The surrounding passage
- Leviticus 24:16
And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:17
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:19
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
- Leviticus 24:20
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.