Exodus 21:14

If 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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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

15+ 21:15. Ex 21:15 (#5.362): Not to strike your father or mother “Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

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Cross References

Numbers 35:20If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

Deuteronomy 17:12The man who does presumptuously, in not sh'ma ·hear obey· unto the priest who stands to minister there before Adonai your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel [God prevails]. + 17:12. Quoted in 1 Cor 5:13

Deuteronomy 19:11But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;

Deuteronomy 27:24‘Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ ‘All the people shall say, ‘ Amen ·So be it·.’

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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