Exodus 21
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Exodus 21:12-15

12Whoever strikesמַכֵּ֥הma.KehH5221and killsH4191a manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376must surely be put to deathH4191.
13If, howeverוַאֲשֶׁר֙va.'a.SherH834,he did notלֹ֣אlo'H3808lie in waitצָדָ֔הtza.DahH6658,but Godוְהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםve.ha.'E.lo.HimH430allowed it to happenאִנָּ֣ה לְיָד֑וֹ'i.Nah le.ya.DoH579H3027,then I will appointוְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.TiH7760for youa placeמָק֔וֹםma.KomH4725whereאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he may fleeיָנ֖וּס שָֽׁמָּה׃ סya.Nus Sha.mahH5127H8033.
14But ifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588a manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376schemesבְעָרְמָ֑הve.'a.re.MahH6195and acts willfullyיָזִ֥דya.ZidH2102againstעַל־'al-H5921his neighborרֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huH7453to kill himלְהָרְג֣וֹle.ha.re.GoH2026,you must take himתִּקָּחֶ֖נּוּti.ka.Che.nuH3947away fromמֵעִ֣םme.'ImH5973My altarמִזְבְּחִ֔יmiz.be.ChiH4196to be put to deathלָמֽוּת׃ סla.MutH4191.
15Whoever strikesוּמַכֵּ֥הu.ma.KehH5221his fatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1or motherוְאִמּ֖וֹve.'i.MoH517must surely be put to deathH4191.
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