A moment in scripture
Exodus 21:13
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And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
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The surrounding passage
- Exodus 21:11
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
- Exodus 21:12
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
- Exodus 21:14
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.
- Exodus 21:15
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.