Leviticus 24:17

Leviticus chapter 24 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

Context

v.16And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, shall be put to death.

v.17This passage

v.18And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 27:24

    Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Exodus 21:12

    He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

  • Genesis 9:5

    And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

  • Numbers 35:30

    Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

  • Deuteronomy 19:11

    But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;