Exodus 21:20
20“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.Numbers 35:16-24
16 a“But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. 17And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. 18Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. 19 bThe avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. 20And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, clying in wait, so that he died, 21or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. dThe avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.22“But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him ewithout lying in wait 23or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm, 24then fthe congregation shall judge between the manslayer and gthe avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules.
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