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John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 24:21
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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 a beast, he shall restore it, etc.] The same as in (<032418>Leviticus 24:18), which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and that it might be observed, though Jarchi takes it to be a different law; before, he says, it speaks of him that kills a beast, here of him that makes any wound or bruise in it, which he must make good; and it must be allowed that the manner of expression is different; there it is, he that smites the soul of a beast so that it dies, here only he that smites a beast, though it dies not, yet having some damage done it, satisfaction must be made: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death; or he that smites a man, though he does not kill him, as Jarchi observes, only makes a wound or bruise in him, because it is not said, the soul of a man, as before; but such damages did not require death, but satisfaction in another way, as in (<032419>Leviticus 24:19).
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