Exodus 21:13
But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
12He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death.
Cross References
Numbers 35:10Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan into the land of Chanaan,
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses set aside three cities beyond the Jordan at the east side,
Deuteronomy 19:2Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in possession,
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy possession, which the Lord thy God will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess.
Joshua 20:2Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:
1 Samuel 24:10And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say: David seeketh thy hurt? 24:11 Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed. A thought to kill thee... That is, a suggestion, to which I did not consent.
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 →