16. whoever utters the name of the Lord in a curse shall be put to death. The whole community shall stone that person; alien and native-born alike must be put to death for uttering the Lord’s name in a curse.
17. Whoever takes the life of any human being shall be put to death;
18. whoever takes the life of an animal shall make restitution of another animal, life for a life.
19. Anyone who inflicts a permanent injury on his or her neighbor shall receive the same in return:
20. fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one gives another shall be inflicted in return.
21. Whoever takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, but whoever takes a human life shall be put to death.
22. You shall have but one rule, for alien and native-born alike. I, the Lord, am your God.
23. When Moses told this to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him; they did just as the Lord commanded Moses.