19 If a man [a]injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: 20 (A)fracture for fracture, (B)eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has [b]injured a man, so it shall be [c]inflicted on him. 21 Thus the one who [d]kills an animal shall make it good, but (C)the one who [e]kills a man shall be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:19 Lit gives a blemish
  2. Leviticus 24:20 Lit given a blemish
  3. Leviticus 24:20 Lit given
  4. Leviticus 24:21 Lit smites
  5. Leviticus 24:21 Lit smites

19 Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.(A) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. 21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution,(B) but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.(C)

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