KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Leviticus 24:17–18
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Leviticus 24:17
17¶ And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
17¶ *And he that †killeth any man, shall surely be put to death.
- Hebr. smiteth the life of a man.
- Exod. 21.12. deu. 19.21.
Leviticus 24:18
18And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
18And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good; †beast for beast.
- Hebr. life for life.
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DEFINED WORDS
Leviticus 24:17
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Leviticus 24:18
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 17
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Open the full verse study11¶ But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
12Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
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Open the full verse study5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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Open the full verse study24Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Open the full verse study12¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
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Open the full verse study30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
31Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
From verse 18
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Open the full verse study21And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
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Open the full verse study34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35¶ And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
36Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
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