Graphic Bible · Scene 5 of 7

At the elders’ gate, three cases receive measured judgment: a homicide case represented by an empty covered seat and grieving family, a livestock owner receiving replacement for a lost animal, and an injured neighbor receiving equivalent restitution and care. No killing, wounds, eye or tooth injury close-up, retaliation act, blood, courtroom text, or visible deity.
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Leviticus 24:17-21

Life, injury, and restitution judged

Lamp, Bread, and Equal Justice · Leviticus 24

Story guide: Elders hear several cases at the gate, picturing the passage’s rules for injury and restitution.

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17And if a man strikes down any human being, he shall surely be put to death.

18And whoever strikes down an animal shall make restitution for it: life for life.

19And if a man inflicts an injury on his fellow, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him.

20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he inflicts an injury on a person, so it shall be inflicted on him.

21And whoever strikes down an animal shall make restitution for it, but whoever strikes down a man shall be put to death.

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