Exodus 21:13
If the man did not do it with premeditation, but instead by accident, then I will fix a place to where he can flee.
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12Whoever strikes a man so that he dies, that person must surely be put to death.
Cross References
Numbers 35:10“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses selected three cities on the east side of the Jordan,
Deuteronomy 19:2you must select three cities for yourself in the middle of your land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:14You must not remove your neighbor's landmark that they set in place a long time ago, in your inheritance that you will inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess.
Joshua 20:2“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'Appoint the cities of refuge of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses.
1 Samuel 24:10Today your eyes have seen how Yahweh put you into my hand when we were in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my master; for he is Yahweh's anointed.'
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 →