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VERSE: Ex21-14a

All 4 verses are speaking about a situtation that merits a
death penalty. The verses however begin differently(For reasons
of space certain phrases have been paraphrased & only
certain contrasts shown)


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2-21-12 he who     hits                    a man          that dies
2-21-14 If a man   "maliciously" kills     his friend
3-24-17 If a man   hits                all of a mans soul
2-21-20 when a man hits by rod             a slave        who dies
           *1         *2               *3   *4              *5
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NOTES
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*1 Death penalty only applies to an adult("man"), not a minor

*2 Only willful (not accidental) murderers receive a death penalty
   Furthermore death penalties only apply to "malicious" murders
   (not eg if a father was spanking his son).

*3 Death penalty only applies if murderer did whole ("all") killing
   (not eg if you shot someone who had already been shot)

*4 Death penalty applies for murder of any live human but not
   for abortions ("man" or "soul"). Verse Ex21-20 only applies
   to slaves. (Rambam explains that death penalty only applies
   for murder of a fellow Jew ("his friend") but not to murder
   of non jews.

*5 Death penalty only applies if the blow was lethal (ie the
   smote person actually died)
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