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Exodus 21:12

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

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Exodus 21:12 in other translations

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

Exodus 21:12 · American Standard Version

Exodus 21:12 in context

  1. 10If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
  2. 11If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
  3. 12“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
  4. 13but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
  5. 14If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.