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Exodus 21:13-15
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Exodus 21:13-15
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13 However, [a]if he did not lie in wait [for him], but God allowed him to fall into his hand, then I will establish for you a [b]place to which he may escape [for protection until duly tried].(A) 14 But if a man acts intentionally against another and kills him by [design through] treachery, you are to take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], so that he may be put to death.
15 “Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.
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- Exodus 21:13 I.e. if the act causing the death of another was unintentional.
- Exodus 21:13 I.e. after the children of Israel possessed the promised land, six cities of refuge were established.
Exodus 21:13-15
New International Version
Exodus 21:13-15
New International Version
13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place(A) I will designate. 14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately,(B) that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.(C)
15 “Anyone who attacks[a] their father or mother is to be put to death.
Footnotes
- Exodus 21:15 Or kills
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