^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.

An Eye for an Eye

^17 (A)“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.

¹¹ “But if anyone hates his neighbour and lies in wait for him and attacks him ^(A)and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, ¹² then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.