King James Version (KJV)

Exodus 21:12

“He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.”

Verse in context — Exodus 21

If he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

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.

God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.