Numbers 35:18
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.
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.
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.
20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
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 anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood 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
- Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- DARBY
- Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;
- BLB
- Or [if] with a wooden weapon [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
- Eller om en har et redskap av tre i sin hånd, som han kan drepe folk med, og slår noen med det så han dør, da er han en manndraper, og manndraperen skal late livet.
- OTB
- Eller hvis noen slår en annen med et treobjekt i hånden og forårsaker død, er den personen en morder; morderen må dø.
- B1930
- Eller om en har et redskap av tre i sin hånd, som han kan drepe folk med, og slår nogen med det så han dør, da er han en manndraper, og manndraperen skal late livet.