Imamat 24:17

24:17 “‘If a man beats any person to death, ¹  he must be put to death.

Imamat 24:22

24:22 There will be one regulation ²  for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.’”

[24:17]  ¹ tn Heb “And if a man strikes any soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh] of mankind.” The idiom seems to derive from the idea of striking a fatal blow to the very “life” (literally, “soul”) of a human being, not just landing a blow on their body (HALOT 698 s.v. נכה hif.2). On the difficult of the meaning and significance of the term נֶפֶשׁ see the notes on Lev 17:10-11.

[24:22]  ² tn Heb “a regulation of one”; KJV, ASV “one manner of law”; NASB “one standard.”