Leviticus 24:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.”
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BSBPD
“And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Leviticus 24:17 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
- Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Exodus 21:12Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:30If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
- Deuteronomy 19:11If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
- Deuteronomy 27:24‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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