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The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>An Eye for an Eye</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/24-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/24-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>The one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/24-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/24-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/24-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/24-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>There shall be one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/24-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as the L<font size="1">ORD</font> had commanded Moses. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah , shall be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die: all the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/leviticus/24.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah shall certainly be put to death; all the assembly shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger as he that is home-born, when he blasphemeth the Name, shall be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as the homeborn, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he who is execrating the name of Jehovah is certainly put to death; all the company do certainly cast stones at him; as a sojourner so a native, in his execrating the Name, is put to death.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/tolstoy/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you/chapter_i_the_doctrine_of.htm">The Doctrine of Non-Resistance to Evil by Force Has Been Professed by a Minority of Men from the Very Foundation of Christianity. Of the Book "What</a><br></span><span class="snippet">CHAPTER I. THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY. Of the Book "What I Believe"--The Correspondence Evoked by it-- Letters from Quakers--Garrison's Declaration--Adin Ballou, his Works, his Catechism--Helchitsky's "Net of Faith"--The Attitude of the World to Works Elucidating Christ's Teaching--Dymond's Book "On War"--Musser's "Non-resistance Asserted"--Attitude of the Government in 1818 to Men who Refused to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/tolstoy/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you/chapter_i_the_doctrine_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo Tolstoy—</span><span class="citation2">The Kingdom of God is within you</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/lxxxviii_feast_of_the_dedication.htm">Feast of the Dedication. The Jews Attempt to Stone Jesus and He Retires to Peræa. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Jerusalem and Beyond Jordan.) ^D John X. 22-42. ^d 22 And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: 23; it was winter; and Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. [The feast of dedication was one of eight days' duration and began upon the 25th Chisleu, which, according to the calculation of M. Chevannes, fell upon the nineteenth or twentieth of December, a.d. 29. The feast was kept in honor of the renovation and purification of the temple in the year b.c. 164, after it had been desecrated <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/lxxxviii_feast_of_the_dedication.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xxxviii_jesus_defends_disciples_who.htm">Jesus Defends Disciples who Pluck Grain on the Sabbath. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Probably While on the Way from Jerusalem to Galilee.) ^A Matt. XII. 1-8; ^B Mark II. 23-28; ^C Luke VI. 1-5. ^b 23 And ^c 1 Now it came to pass ^a 1 At that season ^b that he ^a Jesus went { ^b was going} on the { ^c a} ^b sabbath day through the grainfields; ^a and his disciples were hungry and began ^b as they went, to pluck the ears. ^a and to eat, ^c and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. [This lesson fits in chronological order with the last, if the Bethesda <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xxxviii_jesus_defends_disciples_who.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/questions_about_the_nature_and.htm">Questions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day Sabbath. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">AND PROOF, THAT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SABBATH. BY JOHN BUNYAN. 'The Son of man is lord also of the Sabbath day.' London: Printed for Nath, Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, 1685. EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT. All our inquiries into divine commands are required to be made personally, solemnly, prayerful. To 'prove all things,' and 'hold fast' and obey 'that which is good,' is a precept, equally binding upon the clown, as it is upon the philosopher. Satisfied from our observations <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/questions_about_the_nature_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Bunyan—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/cxxxi_third_stage_of_the.htm">Third Stage of the Roman Trial. Pilate Reluctantly Sentences Him to Crucifixion. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Friday. Toward Sunrise.) ^A Matt. XXVII. 15-30; ^B Mark XV. 6-19; ^C Luke XXIII. 13-25; ^D John XVIII. 39-XIX 16. ^a 15 Now at the feast [the passover and unleavened bread] the governor was wont { ^b used to} release unto them ^a the multitude one prisoner, whom they would. { ^b whom they asked of him.} [No one knows when or by whom this custom was introduced, but similar customs were not unknown elsewhere, both the Greeks and Romans being wont to bestow special honor upon certain occasions by releasing <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/cxxxi_third_stage_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_1/sermon_xviii_voluntary_suffering.htm">Voluntary Suffering</a><br></span><span class="snippet">I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. T hat which often passes amongst men for resolution, and the proof of a noble, courageous spirit, is, in reality, the effect of a weak and little mind. At least, it is chiefly owing to the presence of certain circumstances, which have a greater influence upon the conduct, than any inherent principle. Thus may persons who appear to set death and danger at defiance in the hour <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_1/sermon_xviii_voluntary_suffering.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Messiah Vol. 1</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/moody/the_way_to_god_and_how_to_find_it/chapter_v_a_divine_saviour.htm">A Divine Saviour. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." (Matthew xvi. 1; John vi. 69.) We meet with a certain class of Enquirers who do not believe in the Divinity of Christ. There are many passages that will give light on this subject. In 1 Corinthians xv. 47, we are told: "The first man is of the earth earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven." In 1 John v. 20: "We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true; and we are in Him that is <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/moody/the_way_to_god_and_how_to_find_it/chapter_v_a_divine_saviour.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Dwight L. Moody—</span><span class="citation2">The Way to God and How to Find It</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/leviticus.htm">Leviticus</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The emphasis which modern criticism has very properly laid on the prophetic books and the prophetic element generally in the Old Testament, has had the effect of somewhat diverting popular attention from the priestly contributions to the literature and religion of Israel. From this neglect Leviticus has suffered most. Yet for many reasons it is worthy of close attention; it is the deliberate expression of the priestly mind of Israel at its best, and it thus forms a welcome foil to the unattractive <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/leviticus.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/24-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 24:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 24:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/24-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 24:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 24:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/leviticus/24-16.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>