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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12“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
Cross References
Numbers 35:10“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan towards the sunrise,
Deuteronomy 19:2you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:14You shall not remove your neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
Joshua 20:2“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, today your eyes have seen how the LORD had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’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 →