Leviticus 24:21 BSB

Leviticus 24:21

Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

KJV

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And, it should seem, this is it that brings in these laws here, to show how equitable it was that strangers as well as Israelites should be punished for blasphemy, because strangers as well as Israelites were punishable for other crimes.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמַכֵּ֥ה	u.ma.Keh	and [one who] strikes down	H5221 →
בְהֵמָ֖ה	ve.he.Mah	an animal	H929 →
יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה	ye.shal.le.Me.nah	he will repay it	H7999 →
וּמַכֵּ֥ה	u.ma.Keh	and [one who] strikes down	H5221 →
אָדָ֖ם	'a.Dam	a person	H120 →
יוּמָֽת׃	yu.Mat	he will be put to death	H4191 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 21:33
If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 10:8
  He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Jeremiah 18:20
  Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
- Psalms 119:85
  The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
- Jeremiah 18:22
  Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
- Proverbs 28:10
  He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through Leviticus 24

Outside the Camp

Open the study →

Walks through Leviticus 24

The Showbread

Open the study →

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Leviticus: the study guide →Read chapter 24 →The featured study →

Continue: Leviticus 24 →

01Commentary

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Leviticus

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Leviticus