Levítico 24:21

21 "El que mate un animal, lo restituirá, pero el que mate a un hombre, ha de morir.

Levítico 24:21 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:21

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it
The same as in ( Leviticus 24:18 ) , which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and that it might be observed, though Jarchi takes it to be a different law; before, he says, it speaks of him that kills a beast, here of him that makes any wound or bruise in it, which he must make good; and it must be allowed that the manner of expression is different; there it is, he that smites the soul of a beast so that it dies, here only he that smites a beast, though it dies not, yet having some damage done it, satisfaction must be made:

and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death;
or he that smites a man, though he does not kill him, as Jarchi observes, only makes a wound or bruise in him, because it is not said, the soul of a man, as before; but such damages did not require death, but satisfaction in another way, as in ( Leviticus 24:19 ) .

Levítico 24:21 In-Context

19 "Si un hombre hiere a su prójimo, según hizo, así se le hará:
20 fractura por fractura, ojo por ojo, diente por diente; según la lesión que haya hecho a otro, así se le hará.
21 "El que mate un animal, lo restituirá, pero el que mate a un hombre, ha de morir.
22 "Habrá una misma ley para vosotros; será tanto para el forastero como para el nativo, porque yo soy el SEÑOR vuestro Dios."
23 Moisés entonces habló a los hijos de Israel, y ellos sacaron fuera del campamento al que había maldecido, y lo apedrearon. Los hijos de Israel hicieron tal como el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.
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