Exodus 21:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:28-34 : 28 Then news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold of the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
  • Heb 10:26 : 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 And especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed, and not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
  • 2 Kgs 11:15 : 15 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said to them, 'Take her outside under guard, and kill anyone who follows her with the sword.' For the priest had said, 'Do not let her be slain in the house of the LORD.'.
  • Ps 19:13 : 13 Keep your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Then shall I be upright, and shall be innocent from the great transgression.
  • Num 15:30-31 : 30 But the soul who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native or a stranger, that soul reproaches the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken His commandment, that soul shall be completely cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
  • Num 35:20-21 : 20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies; 21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.
  • Deut 1:43 : 43 So I spoke to you; and you would not listen, but rebelled against the command of the LORD, and presumptuously went up into the hill.
  • Deut 17:12-13 : 12 The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people shall hear and fear, and no longer act presumptuously.
  • Deut 18:22 : 22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not follow or come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously: you shall not be afraid of him.
  • Deut 19:11-13 : 11 But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities; 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die. 13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
  • Deut 27:24 : 24 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there under the fifth rib, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • 1 Kgs 1:50-51 : 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and grasped the horns of the altar. 51 And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for lo, he has grasped the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

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  • Exod 21:12-13
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    82%

    12He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

    13However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

  • Exod 21:15-18
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    80%

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

    16He who kidnaps a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

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

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

  • Deut 19:10-13
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    10That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

    11But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities;

    12Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

    13Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

  • Num 35:16-24
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    16And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

    20But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    21Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

    22But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait,

    23Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:

    24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:

  • Lev 24:17
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    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Josh 20:5
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    5And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor unintentionally and did not hate him beforehand.

  • Deut 17:12
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    12The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
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    22If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath comes before your altar in this house;

  • Deut 13:9-10
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    9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    10And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Deut 21:1-2
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    1If someone is found slain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has slain him,

    2Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain;

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
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    31If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house:

  • Deut 19:4-6
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    4And this is the case of the manslayer who shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he did not hate in time past;

    5As when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to one of those cities and live:

    6Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.

  • Exod 22:2
    74%

    2If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodshed for him.

  • Lev 17:4
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    4And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

  • Lev 20:9-10
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    9For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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

  • Matt 5:21
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    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:

  • Deut 21:21-22
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    21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

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

  • Exod 21:23
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    23But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,

  • Deut 5:17
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    17You shall not kill.

  • Exod 20:13
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    13You shall not murder.

  • Josh 20:3
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    3That the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unknowingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

  • Num 35:30-31
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    30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

    31Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 28:17
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    17A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.

  • Num 35:27
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    27And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

  • Num 35:11
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    11Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.

  • Deut 19:19
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    19Then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

  • Lev 17:9
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    9And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to the LORD; that man shall be cut off from among his people.