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Exodus 21:13 KJV

Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 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.Exodus 21:13 · King James Version

Exodus 21:13 in context

11And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

13And 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.

14But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

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Commentary

Here is, I. A law concerning murder. He had lately said, Thou shalt not kill; here he provides, 1. For the punishing of wilful murder (Exo 21:12): He that smiteth a man, whether upon a sudden passion or in malice prepense, so that he die, the government must take care that the murderer be put to death, according to…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-21

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