Leviticus 24:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ If anyone kills another person, they must be executed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.

Leviticus 24:17 Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:24

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

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.

Numbers 35:16

“But anyone who strikes another with an iron object, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Deuteronomy 5:17

“ ‘You shall not murder.

2 Samuel 12:13

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “Now the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die.

2 Kings 11:16

So they laid hands on her; she went through the horses’ entrance to the king’s house, and there she was put to death.