Exodus 21:12-17

Capital offences. In v.12 is laid down the general principle that death is the punishment for killing a man. If the act is unpre-meditated (manslaughter), the penalty is modified (v.13), but retained in full in the case of the act being evidently intentional (v.14). Kidnapping a fellow Israelite, and smiting or cursing a parent (vv.15 17), are also treated as capital offences.