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Leviticus 24:17

Context
NETBible

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

XREF

Ge 9:5,6; Ex 21:12-14; Nu 35:31; De 19:11,12

NET © Notes

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.



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