Exodus 21:12-14
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12 “Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death.(A) 13 But if he didn’t intend any harm,[a] and yet God caused it to happen by his hand, 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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- Exodus 21:13 Lit he was not lying in wait
- Exodus 21:14 Or maliciously
Leviticus 24:17
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17 “If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.(A)
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Numbers 35:33
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33 “Do not defile the land where you are,[a] for bloodshed defiles the land,(A) and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
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- Numbers 35:33 Sam, LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read live
Matthew 26:52
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52 Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword.(A)
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