Leviticus 24:18

24:18 One who beats an animal to death ¹  must make restitution for it, life for life. ² 

Leviticus 24:21

24:21 One who beats an animal to death ³  must make restitution for it, but ⁴  one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

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¹ tn Heb “And one who strikes a soul of an animal.”

² tn Heb “soul under soul.” Cf. KJV “beast for beast”; NCV “must give…another animal to take its place.”

³ sn See the note on v. 18 above.

⁴ 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.