Exodus 21:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:28-34 : 28 And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar. 29 And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him. 30 And Benaiah came to the Tent of the Lord and said to him, The king says, Come out. And he said, No; but let death come to me here. And Benaiah went back to the king and gave him word of the answer which Joab had given. 31 And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause. 32 And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 So their blood will be on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever; but for David and his seed and his family and the seat of his kingdom, there will be peace for ever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and falling on him, put him to death; and his body was put to rest in his house in the waste land.
  • Heb 10:26 : 26 For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:
  • 2 Kgs 11:15 : 15 Then Jehoiada the priest gave orders to those who were placed in authority over the army, saying, Take her outside the lines, and let anyone who goes after her be put to death with the sword, for he said, Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.
  • Ps 19:13 : 13 Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.
  • Num 15:30-31 : 30 But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from his people. 31 Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.
  • Num 35:20-21 : 20 If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death; 21 Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
  • Deut 1:43 : 43 This I said to you, but you gave no attention and went against the orders of the Lord, and in your pride went up into the hill-country.
  • Deut 17:12-13 : 12 And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear and put away their pride.
  • Deut 18:22 : 22 When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.
  • Deut 19:11-13 : 11 But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns; 12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death. 13 Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.
  • Deut 27:24 : 24 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss. 10 But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.
  • 1 Kgs 1:50-51 : 50 And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns. 51 And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:12-13
    2 verses
    82%

    12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

    13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.

  • Exod 21:15-18
    4 verses
    80%

    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

    16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

    18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;

  • Deut 19:10-13
    4 verses
    80%

    10 So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

    11 But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

    12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

    13 Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.

  • Num 35:16-24
    9 verses
    79%

    16 But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    17 Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    18 Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    19 He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

    20 If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;

    21 Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

    22 But if a man has given a wound to another suddenly and not in hate, or without design has sent something against him,

    23 Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:

    24 Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:

  • Lev 24:17
    78%

    17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • Josh 20:5
    76%

    5 And if the one who has the right of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him; because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not in hate.

  • Deut 17:12
    76%

    12 And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21 He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    75%

    22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • Deut 13:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

    10 Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

  • Deut 21:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death:

    2 Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    75%

    31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • Deut 19:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;

    5 For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:

    6 For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not moved by hate.

  • Exod 22:2
    74%

    2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

  • Lev 17:4
    73%

    4 And has not taken it to the door of the Tent of meeting, to make an offering to the Lord, before the Lord's House, its blood will be on him, for he has taken life, and he will be cut off from among his people:

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

    10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

  • Matt 5:21
    73%

    21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

    22 If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;

  • Exod 21:23
    73%

    23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,

  • Deut 5:17
    73%

    17 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Exod 20:13
    73%

    13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Josh 20:3
    72%

    3 So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood.

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30 Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.

    31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

  • Prov 28:17
    72%

    17 One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

  • Num 35:27
    72%

    27 And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:

  • Num 35:11
    72%

    11 Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.

  • Deut 19:19
    72%

    19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

  • Lev 17:9
    71%

    9 And does not take it to the door of the Tent of meeting to make an offering to the Lord, that man will be cut off from among his people.