Numbers 35:17

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck : he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.

18If he that is struck with wood die: he shall be revenged by the blood of him that struck him.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:18If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

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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