Exodus 21:12

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Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

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  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.
  • Lev 24:17 : 17 Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.
  • Matt 26:52 : 52 "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
  • Num 35:30-31 : 30 Anyone who kills another person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses; but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 31 You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death.
  • Deut 19:11-13 : 11 But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities, 12 the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death. 13 Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
  • 2 Sam 12:13 : 13 Then David said to Nathan, 'I have sinned against the Lord.' Nathan replied, 'The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die.
  • Num 35:16-24 : 16 But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death. 17 If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. 18 Or if someone strikes another with a wooden tool that could cause death, and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death. 20 If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies, 21 or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer. 22 But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally, 23 or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them, 24 then the assembly must judge between the one who caused the death and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 You shall not murder.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 24:16-18
    3 verses
    89%

    16Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The entire assembly shall stone him. Whether a foreigner or a native-born, if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

    18Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

  • Exod 21:13-20
    8 verses
    87%

    13But if he did not intend to kill, and it was allowed by God to happen, then I will provide a place where he can flee.

    14However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.

    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

    16Anyone who kidnaps another person, whether he sells him or the victim is still in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

    18If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

    19if the injured man is able to get up and walk around outside with a staff, the one who struck him shall be acquitted. Nevertheless, he must pay for the time lost and ensure the injured man is completely healed.

    20If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, and the servant dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

  • Num 35:16-23
    8 verses
    85%

    16But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death.

    17If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

    18Or if someone strikes another with a wooden tool that could cause death, and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death.

    20If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies,

    21or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

    22But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally,

    23or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them,

  • Lev 24:20-21
    2 verses
    83%

    20Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one inflicts on another must also be inflicted on them.

    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Deut 19:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities,

    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

    10If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

    11If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30Anyone who kills another person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses; but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    31You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:23
    78%

    23But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear of it and be afraid.

    22If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and you hang his body on a tree,

  • Deut 13:9
    77%

    9do not yield to him or listen to him. Show no pity or compassion, and do not shield him.

  • Exod 22:2
    76%

    2If the sun has risen on him, there is bloodguilt for his death. He must pay restitution; and if he owns nothing, he shall be sold for his theft.

  • Exod 21:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

    28If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox will not be held liable.

    29But if the ox has a habit of goring, and it has been known to its owner for some time but he has not kept it confined, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death.

    30However, if a ransom is imposed on him, he must pay whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life.

  • Deut 22:25
    75%

    25But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and forces her and lies with her, only the man who has done this shall die.

  • Lev 20:13
    75%

    13If a man lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • Matt 5:21
    75%

    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

  • Deut 19:21
    75%

    21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5take the man or woman who has committed this evil deed out to your city gates and stone that person to death.

    6On the testimony of two or three witnesses, the person will be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    7The hands of the witnesses must be the first to put the person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Num 15:35
    74%

    35The Lord said to Moses, 'The man must be put to death. The whole assembly is to stone him outside the camp.'

  • Exod 20:13
    74%

    13You shall not murder.

  • Deut 21:1
    74%

    1If someone is found dead in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in a field, and it is unknown who struck him,

  • Gen 9:6
    74%

    6Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    74%

    15Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

  • Deut 19:5
    73%

    5for instance, when a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood and his hand swings the axe to cut the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his neighbor, and he dies—that man may flee to one of these cities and live.

  • Deut 22:22
    73%

    22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman who were together must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.