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Leviticus 24:17-23

Listen to Leviticus 24:17-23

An Eye for an Eye

17 1“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.
18 2Whoever takes an animal’s life shall make it good, life for life.
19 If anyone injures his neighbor, 3as he has done it shall be done to him,
20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
21 4Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, 5and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.
22 You shall have the 6same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God. ”
23 So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and 7they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:17-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 24

This chapter treats of the oil for the lamps, and the ordering of them, Le 24:1-4; of the making of the shewbread cakes, and the setting of them on the table, Le 24:5-9; and an Israelite having blasphemed the name of the Lord, and inquiry being made what should be done to him, he, and so any other person guilty of the same, is ordered to be stoned to death, Le 24:10-16; on occasion of which several laws are repeated concerning killing a man or a beast, or doing injury to any man, Le 24:17-23.

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Cross References 7

  • 1. 24:17 Gen. 9:5, 6; Ex. 21:12; Num. 35:31; Deut. 19:11, 12
  • 2. 24:18 Ex. 21:33, 34
  • 3. 24:19 Ex. 21:23-25; Deut. 19:21; Matt. 5:38; 7:2
  • 4. 24:21 [See ver. 18 above]
  • 5. 24:21 [See ver. 17 above]
  • 6. 24:22 ch. 19:34; Ex. 12:49; Num. 15:16
  • 7. 24:23 [ver. 14]
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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