Exodus 21:12–17

12 i“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. 13 But jif he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then kI will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14 lBut if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, myou shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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

16 n“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone ofound in possession of him, shall be put to death.

17 p“Whoever curses1 his father or his mother shall be put to death.

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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]