Exodus 21:14
And when a man presumes against his neighbor to slay him with subtlety, you take him from My altar to die.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
15And he who strikes his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
Cross References
Numbers 35:20And if he pushes him in hatred, or has cast [anything] at him by lying in wait, and he dies,
Deuteronomy 17:12And the man who acts with presumption, so as not to listen to the priest (who is standing to serve your God YHWH there), or to the judge, even that man has died, and you have put away evil from Israel,
Deuteronomy 19:11And when a man is hating his neighbor, and has lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and struck his life, and he has died, then he has fled to one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 27:24“Cursed [is] he who is striking his neighbor in secret.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab says to Amasa, “Are you [in] peace, my brother?” And the right hand of Joab lays hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;
1 Kings 2:28And the report has come to Joab—for Joab has turned aside after Adonijah, though he did not turn aside after Absalom—and Joab flees to the tent of YHWH, and lays hold on the horns of the altar.
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 →