Leviticus Chapter 24 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Leviticus 24:17

And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
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BBE Leviticus 24:17

And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
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DARBY Leviticus 24:17

And if any one smiteth any man mortally, he shall certainly be put to death.
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KJV Leviticus 24:17

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
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WBT Leviticus 24:17

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
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WEB Leviticus 24:17

"'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
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YLT Leviticus 24:17

`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - In close connection with the command to slay the blasphemer is repeated the prohibition of murder, and the injunction that the murderer shall surely be put to death. Thus a distinction is sharply drawn between the judicial sentence carried out by the congregation, and the unsanctioned smiting the life of a man by another, and a warning is given against any man fanatically taking the law into his own hands, even in the case of a blasphemer.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) And he that killeth a man.--The enactment that in case of blaspheming no difference is to be made between a non-Israelite and Israelite, is now followed by other laws respecting murder and personal injury which have been given before (Exodus 21:12, &c.), but which are here repeated in order to show that, like blasphemy, they apply alike to Gentile and Jew. It may also be that the repetition here of the law of murder is designed to draw a distinction between the judicial sentence of death carried out by the community, and the illegal taking away of life by individuals.