Laws of Capital Offenses

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“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

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but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

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If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

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“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

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“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;

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if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.

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“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.

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