For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.
Leviticus 24:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, but one who kills a human being shall be put to death. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who kills a beast shall replace it; he who kills a man shall be put to death. American Standard Version (1901) And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. Common English Bible Someone who kills an animal must make amends for it, but whoever kills a human being must be executed. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever strikes down a beast, shall repay another. Whoever strikes a man shall be punished. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that striketh a beast shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished. |
For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.
“If someone leaves a pit open or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
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