Leviticus 24:17

``An Eye for an Eye"

17 '¹If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely 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 "You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.

16 'Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

17 'If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death.

18 'The one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life.

19 'If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him:

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:12; Numbers 35:30, 31; Deuteronomy 27:24

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "smites"