Exodus 21:13
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
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12He that strikes a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Cross References
Numbers 35:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When all of you be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy 19:2You shall separate three cities for you in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:14You shall not remove your neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in yours inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Joshua 20:2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you by the hand of Moses:
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day yours eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered you to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you: but mine eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth mine 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 →