Numbers 35:16
14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
- KJV
- And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- WEB
- “‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
- ASV
- But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- DARBY
- And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
- BLB
- But if he strikes him with an iron implement and he dies, he [is] a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
- ÅB
- Den som slår noen med et jernredskap så han dør, han er en manndraper, og manndraperen skal late livet.
- OTB
- "Hvis noen slår en annen med et jernredskap og forårsaker død, er den personen en morder; morderen må dø.
- B1930
- Den som slår nogen med et jernredskap så han dør, han er en manndraper, og manndraperen skal late livet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 24:17
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Read in contextExodus 21:12–14
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 19:11–13
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
Read in contextNumbers 35:30–33
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Read in contextGenesis 9:5–6
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Read in contextNumbers 35:22–24
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
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