Leviticus 24:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Anyone who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he who kills a beast shall make it good, beast for beast.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Someone who kills an animal may make amends for it: a life for a life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever will have struck down an animal shall repay its equivalent, that is, a life for a life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that killeth a beast shall make it good: that is to say, shall give beast for beast.

Leviticus 24:18 Cross References

Exodus 21:33

“If someone leaves a pit open or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

Leviticus 24:19

Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return:

Leviticus 24:21

One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, but one who kills a human being shall be put to death.

Leviticus 6:4

when you have sinned and recognize your guilt and would restore what you took by robbery or by fraud or the deposit that was committed to you or the lost thing that you found