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Exodus 21:12-15 Good News Bible (GNB)

12. “Whoever hits someone and kills him is to be put to death.

13. But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.

14. But when anyone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.

15. “Whoever hits his father or his mother is to be put to death.

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