Verse 12

Exodus 21:12

Geneva Bible

12 He that smiteth a man, and he die, shall dye the death.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַכֵּ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ וָ/מֵ֖ת מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת
English Translation
Whoever strikes a man and he dies shall surely be put to death.
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Chapter 21 Context
1 Now these are the lawes, which thou shalt set before them: Focus ↗
2 If thou bye an Ebrewe seruant, he shall serue sixe yeres, and in the seuenth he shall go out free, f... Focus ↗
3 If he came himselfe alone, he shall goe out himselfe alone: if hee were married, then his wife shall... Focus ↗
4 If his master haue giuen him a wife, and she hath borne him sonnes or daughters, he wife and her chi... Focus ↗
5 But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free, Focus ↗
6 Then his master shall bring him vnto the Iudges, and set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his m... Focus ↗
7 Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shall not goe out as the men seruantes doe. Focus ↗
8 If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her:... Focus ↗
9 But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shall deale with her according to the custome of the... Focus ↗
10 If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her vir... Focus ↗
11 And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money. Focus ↗
12 He that smiteth a man, and he die, shall dye the death.
13 And if a man hath not layed wayte, but God (Elohim) hath offered him into his hande, then I wil appo... Focus ↗
14 But if a man come presumptuously vpon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from... Focus ↗
15 Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death. Focus ↗
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shall die the death. Focus ↗
17 And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death. Focus ↗
18 When men also striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not,... Focus ↗
19 If hee rise againe and walke without vpon his staffe, then shall he that smote him go quite, saue on... Focus ↗
20 And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surel... Focus ↗
21 But if he continue a day, or two dayes, hee shall not be punished: for he is his money. Focus ↗
22 Also if men striue and hurt a woman with childe, so that her childe depart from her, and death follo... Focus ↗
23 But if death follow, then thou shalt paye life for life, Focus ↗
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hande for hand, foote for foote, Focus ↗
25 Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe. Focus ↗
26 And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall... Focus ↗
27 Also if he smite out his seruants tooth, or his maides tooth, he shall let him goe out free for his... Focus ↗
28 If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that he die, the oxe shalbe stoned to death, and his flesh shall no... Focus ↗
29 If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept... Focus ↗
30 If there be set to him a summe of mony, then he shall pay the raunsome of his life, whatsoeuer shalb... Focus ↗
31 Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner. Focus ↗
32 If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayde, hee shall giue vnto their master thirtie shekels of siluer, an... Focus ↗
33 And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse... Focus ↗
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead beast sh... Focus ↗
35 And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shall sel the liue oxe, and deuide... Focus ↗
36 Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, and his master hath not kept him,... Focus ↗