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Exodus 21:12-14
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Exodus 21:12-14
Contemporary English Version
Murder and Other Violent Crimes
The Lord said:
12 (A) Death is the punishment for murder. 13 (B) But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the Lord, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside. 14 If you plan in advance to murder someone, there's no escape, not even by holding on to my altar.[a] You will be dragged off and killed.
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- 21.14 altar: As a rule, anyone who ran to the altar was safe from the death penalty, until proven guilty.
Exodus 21:12-14
New International Version
Exodus 21:12-14
New International Version
Personal Injuries
12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.(A) 13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place(B) I will designate. 14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately,(C) that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.(D)
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