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Leviticus 24:17

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24:17 “‘If a man beats any person to death, 1  he must be put to death.

Leviticus 24:22

Context
24:22 There will be one regulation 2  for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.’”

1 tn Heb “And if a man strikes any soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh] of mankind.” The idiom seems to derive from the idea of striking a fatal blow to the very “life” (literally, “soul”) of a human being, not just landing a blow on their body (HALOT 698 s.v. נכה hif.2). On the difficult of the meaning and significance of the term נֶפֶשׁ see the notes on Lev 17:10-11.

2 tn Heb “a regulation of one”; KJV, ASV “one manner of law”; NASB “one standard.”



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