Numbers 35:17
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.
Numbers 35:17 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | ‘And if with a stone in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly 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. |
| BBE | Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. |
| Webster | And if he shall smite him by throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. |
What does Numbers 35:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 35:16-21
16-21. If he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, &c.--Various cases are here enumerated in which the Goel or avenger was at liberty to take the life of the murderer; and every one of them proves a premeditated purpose.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 35:9-34
To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide the more effectually for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased, under the title of avenger of blood, (or the redeemer of blood,) in notorious cases, might pursue, and execute vengeance. A distinction is made, not between sudden anger and malice aforethought, both which are the crime of murder; but between intentionally striking a…
Numbers 35:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 35:17
- 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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Context
- 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.
- Numbers 35:17
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.
- Numbers 35:18
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.
Numbers 35:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si con piedra de mano, de que pueda morir, lo hiriere, y muriere, homicida es; el homicida morirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et s’il l’a frappée avec une pierre qu’il tenait à la main, et dont on puisse mourir, et qu’elle meure, il est meurtrier: le meurtrier sera certainement mis à mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn er ihn mit einem Stein, den er in der Hand führte, wodurch man sterben kann, geschlagen hat, daß er gestorben ist, so ist er ein Mörder; der Mörder soll gewißlich getötet werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si lapidem jecerit, et ictus occubuerit, similiter punietur. |