21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.


In Context

18 Anyone who takes the life of someone's animal must make restitution-life for life.

19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:

20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured.

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

22 You are to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.' "

23 Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:21And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:21He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21He that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good; and he that smiteth a man mortally shall be put to death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth the life of man is put to death;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:21And he that kills a beast, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death.