Holy Scripture
Exodus 21:13
A church father on this verse
“For there was a command under the law that cities of refuge should be appointed, in order that they who were sought after to be put to death might at least have some means of saving themselves. And when he who spoke to Moses, the Word of the Father, appeared in the end of the world, he also gave this commandment, sayi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give thee a place whither the slayer may flee.
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11And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.
12And if any man smite another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.
— Exodus 21:13 —
14And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from mine altar to put him to death.
15Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.