10 Bible Verses about Manslaughter
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For the slayer to flee there when he shall slay his friend without knowledge; and he hated him not yesterday the third day; and he fled to one of these cities and he lived:
And the assembly delivered the slayer out of the hand of the nearest relation of blood, and the assembly turned him back to the city of his refuge where he fled there: and he dwelt in it till the death of the great priest who anointed him with the holy oil.
And when he hunted not after, and God let fall into his hand, and I set to thee a place where he shall flee there.
And build ye to you cities; cities of refuge shall they be to you; and the slayer to flee there smiting a soul in error.
For the sons of Israel and for the stranger, and for the sojourner in the midst of you shall be six cities: these for refuge to flee there all smiting a soul in error.
And this the word of the slayer which shall flee there, and he lived: whoever shall strike his friend, not knowing, and he hated him not from yesterday the third day;
He striking a man and he died, dying, he shall die. And when he hunted not after, and God let fall into his hand, and I set to thee a place where he shall flee there.
And if with an instrument of iron he smote him, the slayer shall die; the slayer he dying. shall die. And if with a stone of the hand which he shall die by it he smote him, he the slayer shall die; dying, the slayer shall die. Or with an instrument of wood of the hand, which he shall die by it he smote him, he the slayer shall die; dying, the slayer shall die.read more.
The nearest relative of blood he shall kill the slayer: in his meeting him he shall kill him. And if in hatred he thrust at him, or cast upon him, or in lying in wait, he shall die. Or in enmity he smote with his hand, and he will die; dying, he smiting shall die; he is a slayer: the nearest relative of blood shall kill the slayer in his meeting him. And if suddenly, not in enmity, he thrust him, or cast upon him any instrument in not lying in wait, Or with any stone which he shall die by it in not seeing, and it will fall upon him and he shall die, and he not an enemy to him and not seeking his hurt: And the assembly judged between him smiting, and between the nearest relation of blood according to these judgments:
And the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, six cities of refuge, which ye shall give to flee there to the slayer: and upon them ye shall give forty and two
And if a man shall strike his servant or his maid with a rod, and he died under his hand, avenging, he shall be avenged.