Chiasm in Lev. 24:17-21
A 16 ... The foreigner as well as the native-born shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name. Leviticus 24:16WEB B 17 “‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. Leviticus 24:17WEB C 18 He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life. Leviticus 24:18WEB D 19 If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done: Leviticus 24:19WEB E 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Leviticus 24:20WEB D' 20 ... It shall be done to him as he has injured someone. Leviticus 24:20WEB C' 21 He who kills an animal shall make it good;... Leviticus 24:21WEB B' 21 ... and he who kills a man shall be put to death. Leviticus 24:21WEB A' 22 You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am YHWH your God.’” Leviticus 24:22WEB Leviticus 24:17-21
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