Numbers 35:16

If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck : he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 well for the children of Israel as for strangers and sojourners, that he may flee to them, who hath shed blood against his will.

17If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Leviticus 24:17He that striketh and killeth a man, dying let him die.

Numbers 35:30The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

Ezekiel 16:38And I will judge thee as adulteresses, and they that shed blood are judged: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

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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