Exodus 21:12 · KJV
“He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.”
— Exodus 21:12
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
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.
Exodus 21 — Context
If he take him another {wife}; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13And 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.
14But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Matthew 26:52
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
Leviticus 24:17
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. {killeth...: Heb. smiteth the life of a man}
Numbers 35:30-31
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person {to cause him} to die.
Numbers 35:16-24
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he {is} a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
2 Samuel 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Exodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kill.
Deuteronomy 19:11-13
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: {mortally: Heb. in life}
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