Laws about Personal Injury

12 “Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death.(A) 13 But if he did not intend any harm,[a] and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.(B) 14 If a person schemes and willfully[b] acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from my altar to be put to death.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:13 Lit he was not lying in wait
  2. 21:14 Or maliciously

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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Joab’s Execution

28 The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah(A) but not Absalom,(B) Joab fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.(C)

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28 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns(A) of the altar.

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