18And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
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And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-23)Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. We have here an account of the evil manners of a certain nameless mongrel Israelite, and the good laws occasioned thereby. I. The offender was the son of an Egyptian father and an Israelitish mother (Lev. 24:10); his mother was of the tribe of Dan, Lev. 24:11. Neither he nor his father is named, but his mother only, who was an Israelite. This notice is taken…
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