Numbers 35:17
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.
16 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.
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.
19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
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.
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- BSB
- Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
- ASV
- And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- DARBY
- And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
- BLB
- And if with a stone in the hand, with which one could die by it, he strikes him and he does die, he [is] a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
- ÅB
- Og den som tar en stein i sin hånd stor nok til å drepe en med og slår noen med den så han dør, han er en manndraper, og manndraperen skal late livet.
- OTB
- Hvis noen slår en annen med en stein i hånden og forårsaker død, er den personen en morder; morderen må dø.
- B1930
- Og den som tar en sten i sin hånd stor nok til å drepe en med og slår nogen med den så han dør, han er en manndraper, og manndraperen skal late livet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
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