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

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  1. Leviticus 24:18 tn Heb “And one who strikes a soul of an animal.”
  2. Leviticus 24:18 tn Heb “soul under soul.” Cf. KJV “beast for beast”; NCV “must give…another animal to take its place.”

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

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  1. Leviticus 24:21 sn See the note on v. 18 above.
  2. Leviticus 24:21 tn 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.