^24 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbour in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

^12 (A)“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.

¹⁴ But if a man wilfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, ^(A)you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

^16 (A)“But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. ¹⁷ And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. ¹⁸ Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. ^19 (B)The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. ²⁰ And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, ^(C)lying in wait, so that he died, ²¹ or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. ^(D)The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.