Leviticus 24:21NET Bible
One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.
Related Verses
Genesis 1:24
God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind." It was so.
Genesis 1:25
God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."
Genesis 1:30
And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." It was so.
Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."