Exodus 21:12
He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
In Context
11And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.
Cross References
Genesis 9:5And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.
Exodus 20:13Do not put anyone to death without cause.
Numbers 35:16But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:11But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;
Matthew 26:52Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:2-12
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 5 And if the servant shall plainly say,… Read the whole commentary →