Leviticus 24:13–23

¹³The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁴“Take that man out of the camp. Everyone who heard him curse shall put his hands on the man’s head to testify that he is guilty, and then the whole community shall stone him to death. ¹⁵Then tell the people of Israel that anyone who curses God must suffer the consequences ¹⁶and be put to death. Any Israelite or any foreigner living in Israel who curses the Lord shall be stoned to death by the whole community.

^17*“Anyone who commits murder shall be put to death, ¹⁸and anyone who kills an animal belonging to someone else must replace it. The principle is a life for a life.

¹⁹“If anyone injures another person, whatever he has done shall be done to him. ^20*If he breaks a bone, one of his bones shall be broken; if he blinds him in one eye, one of his eyes shall be blinded; if he knocks out a tooth, one of his teeth shall be knocked out. Whatever injury he causes another person shall be done to him in return. ²¹Whoever kills an animal shall replace it, but whoever kills a human being shall be put to death. ^22*This law applies to all of you, to Israelites and to foreigners living among you, because I am the Lord your God.”

²³When Moses had said this to the people of Israel, they took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death. In this way the people of Israel did what the Lord had commanded Moses.