Leviticus 24:18
One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.
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Referenced Verses
- Lev 24:21 : 21 One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.
- Exod 21:34-36 : 34 the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his. 35 If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox. 36 Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.
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- Lev 24:19-213 verses92%
19 If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–
20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.
21 One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.
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17 “‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
- Exod 21:34-363 verses79%
34 the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.
35 If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox.
36 Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.
- Lev 20:15-162 verses78%
15 If a man has sexual relations with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16 If a woman approaches any animal to copulate with it, you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
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19 “Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death.
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12 Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.
- Exod 22:1-22 verses77%
1 Laws about Property(21:37)“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.
2 “If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.
- Exod 21:28-325 verses77%
28 Laws about Animals“If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.
29 But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.
30 If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.
31 If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.
32 If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.
- Exod 21:23-253 verses76%
23 But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
- Exod 22:9-102 verses75%
9 In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.
10 If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is injured or is carried away without anyone seeing it,
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21 You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
- Lev 27:9-113 verses74%
9 Redemption of Vowed Animals“‘If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the LORD, anything which he gives to the LORD from this kind of animal will be holy.
10 He must not replace or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good, and if he does indeed exchange one animal for another animal, then both the original animal and its substitute will be holy.
11 If what is vowed is an unclean animal from which an offering must not be presented to the LORD, then he must stand the animal before the priest,
- Gen 9:5-62 verses74%
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.”
- Exod 22:4-52 verses74%
4 If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.
5 “If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
- Exod 22:12-143 verses74%
12 But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.
13 If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.
14 “If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.
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3 “Blood guilt will be accounted to any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp,
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21 or 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.
- Num 35:16-194 verses73%
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.
17 If 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.
18 Or 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.
19 The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.
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10 A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.
- Exod 21:18-192 verses72%
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,
19 and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person’s loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.
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46 This is the law of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures that swarm on the land,
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13 “‘Any man from the Israelites or from the resident foreigners who live in their midst who hunts a wild animal or a bird that may be eaten must pour out its blood and cover it with soil,
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39 Edible Land Quadrupeds“‘Now if an animal that you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.
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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.
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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.
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3 Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked– that has never pulled with the yoke–
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23 or 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,