Exodus 21:14
'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
Cross References
Numbers 35:20'And if in hatred he thrust him through, or hath cast [anything] at him by lying in wait, and he dieth;
Deuteronomy 17:12And the man who acteth with presumption, so as not to hearken unto the priest (who is standing to serve there Jehovah thy God), or unto the judge, even that man hath died, and thou hast put away the evil thing from Israel,
Deuteronomy 19:11'And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him — the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 27:24'Cursed [is] he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, — and all the people have said, Amen.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab saith to Amasa, 'Art thou [in] peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;
1 Kings 2:28And the report hath come unto Joab — for Joab hath turned aside after Adonijah, though after Absalom he did not turn aside — and Joab fleeth unto the tent of Jehovah, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.
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 →