Exodus 21:12

Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

In Context

11If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

13If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Exodus 20:13You shall not murder.

Numbers 35:16If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

Deuteronomy 19:11If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

Matthew 26:52“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die 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 →

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