Numbers 35:16

If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places.

17If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.

Leviticus 24:17Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:30The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person.

Ezekiel 16:38And I will judge you with the judgment of adulteresses and of those who shed blood. And I will give you over to blood, in fury and in zeal.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:10-34

The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1452.) 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give… Read the whole commentary →

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