Exodus 21:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.
  • Lev 24:17 : 17 And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
  • Matt 26:52 : 52 Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
  • Num 35:30-31 : 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
  • Deut 19:11-13 : 11 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities; 12 then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
  • 2 Sam 12:13 : 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
  • Num 35:16-24 : 16 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. 20 And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; 24 then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Thou shalt not kill.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 24:16-18
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    89%

    16And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name [of Jehovah], shall be put to death.

    17And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

    18And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

  • Exod 21:13-20
    8 verses
    87%

    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.

    14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, 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.

    16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

    17And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

    18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

    19if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

    20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

  • Num 35:16-23
    8 verses
    85%

    16But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

    20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

    21or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

    22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

    23or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

  • Lev 24:20-21
    2 verses
    83%

    20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

    21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

  • Deut 19:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;

    12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

    10And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

    11And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

    31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:23
    78%

    23But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

    22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

  • Deut 13:9
    77%

    9but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

  • Exod 22:2
    76%

    2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

  • Exod 21:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

    28And if an ox gore a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

    29But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

    30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

  • Deut 22:25
    75%

    25But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:

  • Lev 20:13
    75%

    13And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Matt 5:21
    75%

    21Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

  • Deut 19:21
    75%

    21And thine eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones.

    6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

    7The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

  • Num 15:35
    74%

    35And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

  • Exod 20:13
    74%

    13Thou shalt not kill.

  • Deut 21:1
    74%

    1If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;

  • Gen 9:6
    74%

    6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    74%

    15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.

  • Deut 19:5
    73%

    5as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

  • Deut 22:22
    73%

    22If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.