Exodus 21:14

Personal Injury Laws

13If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

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Berean Standard Bible
But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
American Standard Version (1901)
And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Bible in Basic English
But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die.
Free Bible Version
But if someone deliberately plans and purposely kills another, you must take them away from my altar and execute them.
Geneva Bible 1599
But if a man come presumptuously vpon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
King James (Authorized) Version
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
One Unity Resource Bible
If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
Translation for Translators
But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, a place that God designated as a place to be safe, you must execute him.
Unlocked Literal Bible
If a man willfully attacks his neighbor and kills him according to a cunning plan, then you must take him, even if he is at God's altar, so that he may die.
Noah Webster Bible
But if a man shall come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from my altar, that he may die.
World English Bible
If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
Young's Literal Translation
'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.