Leviticus 24:20-21

20 1fracture for fracture, 2eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him.
21 'Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but 3the one who kills a man shall be put to death.

Leviticus 24:20-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 24

This chapter treats of the oil for the lamps, and the ordering of them, Le 24:1-4; of the making of the shewbread cakes, and the setting of them on the table, Le 24:5-9; and an Israelite having blasphemed the name of the Lord, and inquiry being made what should be done to him, he, and so any other person guilty of the same, is ordered to be stoned to death, Le 24:10-16; on occasion of which several laws are repeated concerning killing a man or a beast, or doing injury to any man, Le 24:17-23.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Exodus 21:23; Deuteronomy 19:21
  • 2. Matthew 5:38
  • 3. Leviticus 24:17

Footnotes 4

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