Leviticus 24:18

18 If anyone kills someone's animal, he must pay its owner. A life must be taken for a 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 If anyone speaks evil things against my Name, he must be put to death. The whole community must kill him by throwing stones at him. It does not matter whether he is an outsider or an Israelite. When he speaks evil things against my Name, he must be put to death.

17 " 'If anyone kills another human being, he must be put to death.

18 If anyone kills someone's animal, he must pay its owner. A life must be taken for a life.

19 " 'Suppose someone hurts his neighbor. Then what he has done must be done to him.

20 A bone must be broken for a bone. An eye must be put out for an eye. A tooth must be knocked out for a tooth. He must be hurt in the same way he hurt someone else.