Leviticus 24:17

17 "'Anyone who strikes another person and kills him must be put to death.

Leviticus 24:17 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:17

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; (See Gill on Exodus 21:12).

Leviticus 24:17 In-Context

15 Then tell the people of Isra'el, 'Whoever curses his God will bear the consequences of his sin;

16 and whoever blasphemes the name of ADONAI must be put to death; the entire community must stone him. The foreigner as well as the citizen is to be put to death if he blasphemes the Name.

17 "'Anyone who strikes another person and kills him must be put to death.

18 Anyone who strikes an animal and kills it is to make restitution, life for life.

19 If someone injures his neighbor, what he did is to be done to him -