How could God command people not to kill in Exodus 20:13, and then, in Exodus 21:12, command that murderers be put to death?

Exodus 20:13 
“Thou shalt not kill.”

Exodus 21:12  
"Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.

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