If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 21:14 in context
Exodus 21:11–17
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If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
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“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
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but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
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Selected verse
If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
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“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
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“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
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