Exodus 21:13
And if a man does not lay in wait, but God delivers [him] into his hand, then I will appoint for thee a place where he shall flee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12He who smites a man, so that he dies, shall surely be put to death.
Cross References
Numbers 35:10Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,
Deuteronomy 19:2thou shall set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which LORD thy God gives thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shall not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shall inherit, in the land that LORD thy God gives thee to possess it.
Joshua 20:2Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Assign for you the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that LORD had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave. And some bade me kill thee, but [I] spared thee. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is LORD's anoi
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And 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. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →