Laws of Capital Offenses

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`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

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as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

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`And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

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`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

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`And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

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`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

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`And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;

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if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.

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`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand--he is certainly avenged;

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only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he is his money.

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