Defining Murder and Manslaughter

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If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck: he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.

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If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner.

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If he that is struck with wood die: he shall be revenged by the blood of him that struck him.

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The kinsman of him that was slain, shall kill the murderer: as soon as he apprehendeth him, he shall kill him.

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If through hatred any one push a man, or fling any thing at him with ill design:

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Or being his enemy, strike him with his hand, and he die: the striker shall be guilty of murder: the kinsman of him that was slain as soon as he findeth him, shall kill him.

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But if by chance medley, and without hatred,

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And enmity, he do any of these things,

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And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:

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The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.

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If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished,

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And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he shall not be guilty that killed him.

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For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country.

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These things shall be perpetual, and for an ordinance in all your dwellings.

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