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13 But if he did not lie in wait and it was an accident,[a] I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14 But if a man schemes against his neighbor to kill him by treachery,[b] you will take him from my altar to die. 15 And whoever strikes[c] his father or his mother will surely be put to death.

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  1. Exodus 21:13 Literally “and God let him happen to his hand”
  2. Exodus 21:14 Or “with cunning” or “craftily”
  3. Exodus 21:15 Literally “a striker of”

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.

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  1. Exodus 21:15 Or kills