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20 Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth—just as he had caused a disfigurement against another man, so it is to be done against him. 21 Whoever beats an animal to death is to replace it, but whoever beats a human being to death[a] is to be put to death. 22 You are to have for yourselves consistent[b] procedures in deciding a case. As it is for the resident alien, so it is for the native born. I am the Lord your God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:21 The Heb. lacks to death
  2. Leviticus 24:22 Lit. one