“He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Leviticus 24 contains 23 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.