Numbers 35:16

But if he hath smitten him with a weapon of iron and killed him, he is a murderer; and the murderer is to be surely put to death.

Targum Onkelos

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

15For the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner among you, there shall be these six cities of refuge, that thither may flee everyone who bath slain a person unawares.

17Or, if with a stone which he carried in his hand, that he who was struck with it should die, he who killed him is a murderer, and the murderer is to be surely put to death.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth the blood of man, by witnesses, upon the sentence of the judges, his blood shall be shed; because in the image of the Lord made He man.

Leviticus 24:17And the man who killeth any soul of man shall die, being put to death.

Numbers 35:30Whosoever killeth a person shall die, by the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against a man to put (him) to death.

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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