When Abner arrived at Hebron, Joab took him to one side in the middle of the gateway to talk with him in private. And then Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and Abner died. Abner had killed Joab’s brother Asahel. So now Joab killed Abner.
Exodus 21:14 - Easy To Read Version But if a person planned to kill another person because he is angry or hates him, then that killer must be punished. Take him away from my altar [134] and kill him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if a man comes willfully upon another to slay him craftily, you shall take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], that he may die. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. Common English Bible But if someone plots and kills another person on purpose, you should remove the killer from my altar and put him to death. Catholic Public Domain Version If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die. |
When Abner arrived at Hebron, Joab took him to one side in the middle of the gateway to talk with him in private. And then Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and Abner died. Abner had killed Joab’s brother Asahel. So now Joab killed Abner.
Jehoiada the priest gave a command to the captains that were in charge of the soldiers. Jehoiada told them, “Take Athaliah outside of the temple area. Kill any of her followers. But don’t kill them in the Lord’s temple.”
Don’t let me do the sins I want to do.\par Don’t let those sins rule me.\par If you help me, then I can be pure\par and free from my sins.\par
If a person is guilty of killing another person, then that person will never have peace. Don’t support that person.
“If a person uses an iron weapon [385] to kill someone, then that person must die.
“I spoke to you, but you did not listen. You refused to obey the Lord’s command. You thought you could use your own power. So you went up into the hill country.
If a prophet says he is speaking for the Lord, but the thing does not happen, then you will know that the Lord did not say it. You will know that this prophet was speaking his own ideas. You don’t need to be afraid of him.
“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that kills another person, even if he is not caught!’
If we decide to continue sinning after we have learned the truth, then there is no other sacrifice {\cf2\super [136]} that will take away sins.
That punishment is for those people who live by doing the bad things their sinful selves want, and it is for people who hate the Lord’s authority (power).