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Leviticus 24:21

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24:21One who beats an animal to death35 must make restitution for it, but36 one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. 35 See the note on v. above.
  2. 36 Heb “and,” but here the Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) is adversative, contrasting the consequences of beating an animal to death with those of beating a person to death.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Whoever kills an animal must pay for it in full, but whoever kills another person must be put to death.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And a killer of a domestic animal must repay for it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.