Laws about Personal Injury

12 “Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death.(A) 13 But if he did not intend any harm,[a] and yet God allowed it to happen, 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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Footnotes

  1. 21:13 Lit he was not lying in wait
  2. 21:14 Or maliciously

Personal Injuries

12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.(A) 13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place(B) I will designate. 14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately,(C) that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.(D)

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50 Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.(A)

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50 But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, went and took hold of the horns(A) of the altar.

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