Exodus 21:13

but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death, + 21:12. Paraphrase Quoted in Matt 5:21, Matt 15:4

14If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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Cross References

Numbers 35:10“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan [Descender] into the land of Canaan [Humbled],

Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses [Drawn out] set apart three cities beyond the Jordan [Descender] toward the sunrise;

Deuteronomy 19:2you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which Adonai your God gives you to possess it.

Deuteronomy 19:14+ 19:14. Deut 19:14 (#8.528): T. Not to move landmarks / R. Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone’s property You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Adonai your God gives you to possess.

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 →

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