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Numbers 35:17

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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.

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Numbers 35:17 in other translations

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.

Numbers 35:17 · World English Bible

Numbers 35:17 in context

  1. 15For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
  2. 16But 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.
  3. 17And 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.
  4. 18Or 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.
  5. 19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.