Exodus 21:12-14

Laws About Slaves

¹² _n "Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. ¹³ _o But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then _p I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. ¹⁴ But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, _q you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

1. Cross References
   Genesis 9:6
   Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
   Leviticus 24:17
   Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.
   Numbers 35:30 - 31
   If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
   Matthew 26:52
   Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 19:4 - 5
   This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past -
   Numbers 35:22 - 25
   But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait
   
3. Cross References
   Numbers 35:11
   Then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there.
   Deuteronomy 4:41 - 43
   Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan.
   Deuteronomy 19:2 - 3
   You shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
   Joshua 20:2 - 9
   Say to the people of Israel, 'Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Kings 2:28 - 34
   When the news came to Joab - for Joab had supported Adonijah although he had not supported Absalom - Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar.