Exodus 21:13
Context21:13 But if he does not do it with premeditation, 1 but it happens by accident, 2 then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
Exodus 30:33
Context30:33 Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts any of it on someone not a priest 3 will be cut off 4 from his people.’”
[21:13] 1 tn Heb “if he does not lie in wait” (NASB similar).
[21:13] 2 tn Heb “and God brought into his hand.” The death is unintended, its circumstances outside human control.
[30:33] 3 tn Heb “a stranger,” meaning someone not ordained a priest.
[30:33] 4 sn The rabbinic interpretation of this is that it is a penalty imposed by heaven, that the life will be cut short and the person could die childless.





