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14 But if a man comes willfully upon another to slay him craftily, you shall take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], that he may die.

15 Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

16 Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

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14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately,(A) that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.(B)

15 “Anyone who attacks[a] their father or mother is to be put to death.

16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death,(C) whether the victim has been sold(D) or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:15 Or kills