Exodus 21:13
However, if it wasn't intentional and God let it happen, then I will arrange a place for you where they can run to and be safe.
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12Anyone who hits and kills someone else must be executed.
Cross References
Numbers 35:10“Tell the Israelites: ‘When you cross over the Jordan into Canaan,
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses assigned three sanctuary towns to the east of the Jordan
Deuteronomy 19:2then you are to choose three sanctuary towns in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own.
Deuteronomy 19:14Don't move your neighbor's boundary marker. It was placed there by your ancestors to mark the land allotment you will receive in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own.
Joshua 20:2“Tell the Israelites, ‘Assign sanctuary towns, as I instructed you through Moses.
1 Samuel 24:10“Just look! You've seen with your own eyes today that the Lord handed you over to me in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I showed you compassion, and said, ‘I refuse to attack my master, for he is the Lord's anointed one.’
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 →