King James Version
Exodus 21:12 in the King James Version says “He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.”
Exodus 21:12 · KJV
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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