Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the groin, so that he died—on account of the blood of his brother Asahel.
Exodus 21:14 - Tree of Life Version If a man presumes to kill his neighbor with craftiness, you are to take him from My altar and put him to death. 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. |
Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the groin, so that he died—on account of the blood of his brother Asahel.
Then Jehoiada the kohen ordered the captains of hundreds, appointed over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks—whoever follows her, put him to death with the sword.” For the kohen said, “Let her not be put to death in the House of Adonai.”
“Anyone who strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
A man tormented by the guilt of murder flees to the Pit—let no one support him.
Now if the manslayer strikes someone with an iron object so that he dies, he is a murderer and the murderer must die.
“So I told you, but you would not listen—you rebelled against the command of Adonai and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
When a prophet speaks in Adonai’s Name and the word does not happen or come true, that is a word that Adonai has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously—do not be afraid of him.
‘Cursed is the one who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
especially those who follow after the flesh in its unclean desires and who despise the Lord’s authority. Brazen and arrogant, these people do not tremble while slandering glorious beings;