16And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, …
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. …
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: …
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-34)We have here the orders given concerning the cities of refuge, fitly annexed to what goes before, because they were all Levites’ cities. In this part of the constitution there is a great deal both of good law and pure gospel. I. Here is a great deal of good law, in the case of murder and manslaughter, a case of which the laws of all nations have taken particular cognizance. It is here enacted and…
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