Leviticus 24:12-21

¹²They detained him until it was clear what the Lord wanted them to do about it.

¹³The Lord told Moses,

¹⁴“Take the man who cursed me outside the camp. Have all who heard him curse put their hands on his head; then have everyone stone him to death.

¹⁵Tell the Israelites that anyone who curses their God will be punished for their sin.

¹⁶Anyone who curses the name of the Lord must to be executed. All of you must stone them to death, whether they are a foreigner who lives with you or an Israelite. If they curse my name, they must be executed.

¹⁷Anyone who kills someone else must be executed.

¹⁸Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it—a life for a life.

¹⁹If anyone injures someone else, whatever they've done must be done to them:

²⁰a broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever way they injured the victim, the same must be done to them.

²¹Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it, but anyone who kills someone else must be executed.