Numbers 35:16
“And if he smite him with an instrument of Iron, (so that he die,) hee is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.”
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Numbers 35:16 Context
14Yee shall giue three cities on this side Iordane, and three cities shall yee giue in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. 15These sixe cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the soiourner among them: that euery one that killeth any person vnawares, may flee thither. 16And if he smite him with an instrument of Iron, (so that he die,) hee is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17And if he smite him with throwing a stone, (wherewith hee may die) and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18Or if he smite him with an handweapon of wood, (wherewith he may die) and he die, hee is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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Other Translations for Numbers 35:16
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.
- King James Version
'But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
And if he shall smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- Webster's Bible
'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.
- World English Bible
`And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 35:16
35:16 If he smite him - Wittingly and wilfully, though not with premeditated malice. He shall be put to death - Yea though he were fled into the city of refuge.