Exodus 21:14

14But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, ayou shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

1 Kings 2:28

28When the news came to Joabfor Joab bhad supported Adonijah although che had not supported AbsalomJoab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the dhorns of the altar.
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