Leviticus 24:17

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“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative. 6 “Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”
  • Deut 19:11-12 : 11 However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities. 12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.
  • Deut 27:24 : 24 ‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death. 13 But if he does not do it with premeditation, but it happens by accident, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. 14 But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
  • Num 35:30-31 : 30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death. 31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

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  • Exod 21:12
    89%

    12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

  • Lev 24:21
    87%

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

  • Num 35:16-21
    6 verses
    84%

    16“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    17If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

    20“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,

    21or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

  • Lev 24:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

    16and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.

  • Exod 21:14-18
    5 verses
    83%

    14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

    16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.

    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

    18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    82%

    30“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

    31Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

  • Lev 24:18
    80%

    18One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    80%

    9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

    10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

    11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

  • Deut 13:9
    78%

    9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.

  • Deut 5:17
    78%

    17You must not murder.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

  • Num 15:35
    77%

    35Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”

  • Lev 20:13
    77%

    13If a man goes to bed with a male as one goes to bed with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

  • Gen 9:6
    77%

    6“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

  • Matt 5:21
    77%

    21Anger and Murder“You have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not murder,’ and‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’

  • Exod 20:13
    76%

    13“You shall not murder.

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Deut 19:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

    12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

  • Exod 35:2
    75%

    2In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.

    22Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,

  • Lev 20:27
    75%

    27Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums“‘A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.’”

  • Lev 20:15
    75%

    15If a man has sexual relations with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.

  • Num 35:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm,

    24then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

  • Deut 24:7
    74%

    7If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Exod 21:23
    74%

    23But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

  • Prov 28:17
    74%

    17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

  • Exod 22:19
    73%

    19“Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death.

  • 2 Chr 15:13
    73%

    13Anyone who would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.

  • Exod 21:20
    73%

    20“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.

  • Deut 24:16
    73%

    16Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.

  • Deut 17:12
    73%

    12The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.