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Exodus 21:14

World English Bible

If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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Exodus 21:14 in other translations

And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

Exodus 21:14 · American Standard Version

Exodus 21:14 in context

  1. 12“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
  2. 13but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
  3. 14If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
  4. 15“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
  5. 16“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.