Exodus 21
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Exodus 21:12-15

12“He who strikesמַכֵּ֥הma.KehH5221someoneאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376so that he diesH4191shall certainlyH4191be putH4191toH4191deathH4191.
13Yetifוַאֲשֶׁר֙va.'a.SherH834he did not lieH6658inH6658waitצָדָ֔הtza.DahH6658for him, butGodוְהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםve.ha.'E.lo.HimH430causedH579himtoH579fallH579into his handלְיָד֑וֹle.ya.DoH3027,then I will appointוְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.TiH7760you a placeמָק֔וֹםma.KomH4725to whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he may fleeיָנ֖וּסya.NusH5127.
14Ifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588,however, someoneאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376is enragedיָזִ֥דya.ZidH2102againstעַל־'al-H5921his neighborרֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huH7453,so as to killלְהָרְג֣וֹle.ha.re.GoH2026him in a cunningבְעָרְמָ֑הve.'a.re.MahH6195wayH6195,you are to takeתִּקָּחֶ֖נּוּti.ka.Che.nuH3947him evenfrom My altarמִזְבְּחִ֔יmiz.be.ChiH4196,to be put to deathלָמֽוּת׃ סla.MutH4191.
15“And one who strikesוּמַכֵּ֥הu.ma.KehH5221his fatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1or his motherוְאִמּ֖וֹve.'i.MoH517shall certainlyH4191be putH4191toH4191deathH4191.
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