Exodus 21:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 21:13

11 And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

The Law Concerning Violence

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

13 However, ^aif he did not lie in wait, but God ^bdelivered him into his hand, then ^cI will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

14 “But if a man acts with ^apremeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, ^byou shall take him from My altar, that he may die.

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

16 ^a“He who kidnaps a man and ^bsells him, or if he is ^cfound in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

17 “And ^ahe who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

18 “If 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,

19 if he rises again and walks about outside ^awith his staff, then he who struck him shall be¹ acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 21:13

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American Standard Version
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver `him' into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

Amplified® Bible
But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God allowed him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee [for protection until duly tried].

Contemporary English Version
But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the LORD, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside.

Darby English Version
But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered [him] into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee.

Good News Bible
But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.

King James Version
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

New American Standard Bible
"But if he did not lie in wait {for him,} but God let {him} fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.

New International Version
However, if he does not do it intentionally, but God lets it happen, he is to flee to a place I will designate.

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.

Revised Standard Version
But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

Young's Literal Translation
as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

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