However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

人若任意用诡计杀了他的邻舍，就是逃到我的坛那里，也当捉去把他治死。

人若蓄意用诡计杀了他的邻舍，就是逃到我的坛那里，也当把他捉去处死。

人若蓄意用诡计杀了他的邻舍，就是逃到我的坛那里，也当把他捉去处死。

倘若是蓄意杀人，就算他逃到我的祭坛那里，也要把他拉出来处死。

若有人任意待他的邻舍，用诡计把他杀了，你要把他从我的祭坛那里拿去处死。

人若任意用詭計殺了他的鄰舍，就是逃到我的壇那裏，也當捉去把他治死。

人若蓄意用詭計殺了他的鄰舍，就是逃到我的壇那裏，也當把他捉去處死。

人若蓄意用詭計殺了他的鄰舍，就是逃到我的壇那裏，也當把他捉去處死。

倘若是蓄意殺人，就算他逃到我的祭壇那裡，也要把他拉出來處死。

若有人任意待他的鄰舍，用詭計把他殺了，你要把他從我的祭壇那裡拿去處死。

人若任意待他的鄰舍，用詭計去殺他，你也要從我的壇那裏把他捉去處死。

若擅攻其鄰、以詭計殺之、雖逃於我壇、亦執而殺之、○

如惡謀詭計殺人、雖逋逃於祭壇、亦執以償。

人若因仇用奸計殺人、雖逃至我祭臺、亦當執之而殺、○

But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.

But suppose they kill someone on purpose. Then take them away from my altar and put them to death.

But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

If a person schemes and willfully acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from my altar to be put to death.

If, however, someone is enraged against his neighbor, so as to kill him in a cunning way, you are to take him even from My altar, to be put to death.

“ But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.

And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

If a person schemes and willfully acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from My altar to be put to death.

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.

But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Joab had not joined Absalom’s earlier rebellion, but he had joined Adonijah’s rebellion. So when Joab heard about Adonijah’s death, he ran to the sacred tent of the Lord and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.When this was reported to King Solomon, he sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him.Benaiah went to the sacred tent of the Lord and said to Joab,“ The king orders you to come out!” But Joab answered,“ No, I will die here.” So Benaiah returned to the king and told him what Joab had said.“ Do as he said,” the king replied.“ Kill him there beside the altar and bury him. This will remove the guilt of Joab’s senseless murders from me and from my father’s family.The Lord will repay him for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.May their blood be on Joab and his descendants forever, and may the Lord grant peace forever to David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne.”So Benaiah son of Jehoiada returned to the sacred tent and killed Joab, and he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.

Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he rushed to the sacred tent and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.Word soon reached Solomon that Adonijah had seized the horns of the altar in fear, and that he was pleading,“ Let King Solomon swear today that he will not kill me!”

‘ Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.’ And all the people will reply,‘ Amen.’

He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling.

Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the Lord your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid to act so arrogantly.

When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.

“ This is what I told you, but you would not listen. Instead, you again rebelled against the Lord’s command and arrogantly went into the hill country to fight.

“ But those who brazenly violate the Lord’s will, whether native born Israelites or foreigners, have blasphemed the Lord, and they must be cut off from the community.Since they have treated the Lord’s word with contempt and deliberately disobeyed his command, they must be completely cut off and suffer the punishment for their guilt.”

“ But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.In that case, the elders of the murderer’s hometown must send agents to the city of refuge to bring him back and hand him over to the dead person’s avenger to be put to death.Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge from Israel the guilt of murdering innocent people; then all will go well with you.

If the prophet speaks in the Lord’s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the Lord did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.

Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.

“ How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.Amasa didn’t notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba.

Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders who were in charge of the troops,“ Take her to the soldiers in front of the Temple, and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.” For the priest had said,“ She must not be killed in the Temple of the Lord.”

So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him and he dies, it is murder.Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet.