Leviticus 24:12-23 - An Example Of Just And Fair Punishment

¹² And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.

¹³ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁴ Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people. ¹⁵ And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head. ¹⁶ And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

¹⁷ And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death. ¹⁸ And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life. ¹⁹ And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him; ²⁰ Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him. ²¹ He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death. ²² You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.

²³ And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, and they took the man who had been cursing outside the tent-circle and had him stoned. The children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses.