John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 24:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.] 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, (<010906>Genesis 9:6); and so it does here; (see Gill on “<022112>Exodus 21:12”).

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