Passage

Leviticus 24.16

Book: Leviticus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"14. Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin."

"16. 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."

"17. And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death. 18. And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life." (Leviticus 24:14-18, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"14. “Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15. You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin."

"16. He who blasphemes Yahweh’s name, 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."

"17. “‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. 18. He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life." (Leviticus 24:14-18, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"14. Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin."

"16. 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."

"17. And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. ^{killeth: Heb. smiteth the life of a man} 18. And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. ^{beast for: Heb. life for life}" (Leviticus 24:14-18, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"14. 'Bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp; and all those hearing have laid their hands on his head, and all the company have stoned him. 15. 'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God, then he hath borne his sin;"

"16. 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."

"17. 'And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death. 18. 'And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body." (Leviticus 24:14-18, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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