And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death.
And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death.
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
"'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death;
He that killeth any man - Blasphemy against God, i. e., speaking injuriously of his name, his attributes, his government, and his revelation, together with murder, is to be punished with death: he that blasphemes God is a curse in society, and he who takes away, wilfully and by malicious intent, the life of any man, should certainly be put to death. In this respect God has absolutely required that life shall go for life.
24:17 He that killeth - This law is repeated here, to prevent the mischievous effects of men's striving together, which as here it caused blasphemy, so it might in others lead to murder.