19 If someone injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him: 20 (A)fracture for fracture, (B)eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a person, so shall it be [a]inflicted on him. 21 So the one who [b]kills an animal shall make restitution, but (C)the one who [c]kills a person shall be put to death.

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  1. Leviticus 24:20 Lit given
  2. Leviticus 24:21 Lit strikes down
  3. Leviticus 24:21 Lit strikes down

19 Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.(A) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. 21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution,(B) but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.(C)

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