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.

1 Kings 2:31

31The king replied to him, eDo as he has said, strike him down and bury him, fand thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.
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