Exodus 21:18

And if men strive together,.... Quarrel and fight, and wrestle with and box one another:

and one smite another with a stone; which lying near him he might take up, and in his passion throw it at his…

Here is, I. A law concerning murder. He had lately said, Thou shalt not kill; here he provides, 1. For the punishing of wilful murder (Exo 21:12): He that smiteth a man, whether upon a sudden passion…

Bodily injuries, caused (a) by human beings, vv.18 27; (b) by animals, or through the neglect of reasonable precautions, vv.28 36.