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Exodus 21:12–14

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LAWS ABOUT PERSONAL INJURY

12“Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death.e 13But if he did not intend any harm,C and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.f 14If a person schemes and willfullyD acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from my altar to be put to death.g

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Footnotes

  1. C he was not lying in wait
  2. DOr maliciously

Cross references

  1. eGn 9:6; Mt 26:52
  2. fNm 35:11,22–25; Dt 19:2–5; Jos 20:2–9; 1Sm 24:4,10,18
  3. gDt 19:11–12; 1Kg 2:28–34

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Anyone who assaults and kills another person must be put to death. But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge where the slayer can run for safety. However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘Whoever strikes someone and he dies will surely be put to death. But if he did not lie in wait and it was an accident, I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. But if a man schemes against his neighbor to kill him by treachery, you will take him from my altar to die.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.