Exodus 21:12

Easy To Read Version

“If a person hits someone and kills him, then that person must be killed too.

Cross References

Genesis 9:5

I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person. And I will demand the life of any person who takes another person’s life.

Genesis 9:6

“God made people as a copy of himself. So any person who kills a person must be killed by a person.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Exodus 20:13

“You must not murder anyone.

Exodus 21:11

The man must do these three things for her. If he does not, then the woman is made free, and it will cost her nothing. She owes no money to the man.

Leviticus 24:17

“And if one person kills another person, he must be put to death.

Matthew 26:52

Jesus said to the man, “Put your sword back in its place. People that use swords will be killed with swords.

Deuteronomy 27:24

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that kills another person, even if he is not caught!’