The case of murder of a free man and of a slave. See (Exodus 21:20) note. The law was afterward expressly declared to relate also to fo…

He that smiteth a man, so that he die. —Homicide had been broadly and generally forbidden in the sixth commandment. But s…

He that strikes a man, so that he dies. This passage, as I have said, more clearly explains the details, and first makes a distinction bet…

He that smites a man, so that he die
The Targum of Jonathan is, that smites a man or daughter of Israel with the swo…

God, who by His providence gives and maintains life, by His law protects it. A willful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provi…