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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 24:17

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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24:17 Because human life was patterned after the life of God himself (Gen 1:26, 27), murder was a blasphemous act. It required the same penalty as oral blasphemy (Gen 9:6). For a similar law and its qualifiers, see Exod 21:12-14.
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