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 35:18 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | ‘Or with a wooden instrument 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 | 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; |
| BBE | Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. |
| Webster | Or if he shall smite him with a hand-weapon of wood, with which he may die, and he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. |
What does Numbers 35:18 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 35:18 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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 35:19
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
Numbers 35:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si con instrumento de palo 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 | Ou s’il l’a frappée avec un instrument de bois 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 | Oder wenn er ihn mit einem hölzernen Werkzeug, das 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 ligno percussus interierit, percussoris sanguine vindicabitur. |