Leviticus 24:17

17 He who strikes any man mortally 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 children of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

16 He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemes the name [of Yahweh], shall be put to death.

17 He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

18 He who strikes a animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.

19 If a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him: