Exodus 21:12

American Standard Version

He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

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Exodus 21:12 in other translations

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

Exodus 21:12 · World English Bible

Exodus 21:12 in context

  1. 10If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
  2. 11And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.
  3. 12He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.
  4. 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.
  5. 14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.