Leviticus 24:18

18 And {he who kills} a domestic animal must repay [for] it life in place of life.

Leviticus 24:18 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:18

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good
Pay for it, give the value of it, or another as good as that instead of it, as follows: beast for beast;
or "soul for soul"; life for life, that is, a living one for that the life of which is taken away, and one every way as good as that.

Leviticus 24:18 In-Context

16 And he who blasphemes Yahweh's name certainly shall be put to death; the whole community certainly shall stone him. As the alien, so the native shall be put to death at blaspheming his name.

17 " 'And when a man kills any human being, he certainly shall be put to death.

18 And {he who kills} a domestic animal must repay [for] it life in place of life.

19 And when a man {causes} a physical defect in his fellow citizen {according to} what he has done, so it shall be done to him:

20 fracture in place of fracture, eye in place of eye, tooth in place of tooth--{according to} [the] physical defect he {causes} to the person, likewise it shall be {caused} to him.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "he who kills the soul of" or "he who kills the life of"