Exodus 21:12
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The Law concerning Violence
12 “Whoever strikes a person mortally shall be put to death.(A)
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Numbers 35:30
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30 “If anyone kills another, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness.(A)
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Numbers 35:31
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31 Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer who is subject to the death penalty; a murderer must be put to death.
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Deuteronomy 19:11
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11 “But if someone at enmity with another lies in wait and attacks and takes the life of that person and flees into one of these cities,
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Deuteronomy 19:12
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12 then the elders of the killer’s city shall send to have the culprit taken from there and handed over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.
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