Levítico 24:21

21 »Todo el que mate un animal reparará el daño, pero el que mate a un hombre será condenado a muerte.

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 »Al que lesione a su prójimo se le infligirá el mismo daño que haya causado:
20 fractura por fractura, ojo por ojo, diente por diente. Sufrirá en carne propia el mismo daño que haya causado.
21 »Todo el que mate un animal reparará el daño, pero el que mate a un hombre será condenado a muerte.
22 Una sola ley regirá, tanto para el nativo como para el extranjero. Yo soy el SEÑOR su Dios».
23 Moisés les comunicó todo esto a los israelitas, y ellos sacaron al blasfemo fuera del campamento, y allí lo apedrearon. Los israelitas procedieron tal como el SEÑOR se lo ordenó a Moisés.
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