Leviticus 24:17

WEB

"'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

KJV

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

Commentary

Commentary

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to deat h. With the sword, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; which restrains it to any man of the children of Israel, but wrongly; for the original law respects any man whatever, Gen 9:6 ; and so it does here; See Gill on Exo 21:12 .