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21And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21

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  • And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. …

  • And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

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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