In other words, if an Israelite murdered someone, his own life would have to be forfeited in place of the one that he had taken.
Ja izraēlietis kādu noslepkavoja, viņam par atņemto dzīvību bija jāsamaksā ar savu dzīvību. ( 2. Mozus 21: 23; 4. Mozus 35: 21.)