Numbers 35:17 · Webster's Bible
Numbers 35:17 in the Original Hebrew
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Numbers 35:17 in Other Translations
| KJV | 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. |
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| WEB | If he struck him with a stone 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 | And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. |
| YLT | ‘And if with a stone in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. |
| WBT | And if he shall smite him by throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he shall die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. |
| DBY | And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death. |
Commentary on Numbers 35:17
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John Gill · Numbers 35:17
And if he smite him with throwing a stone,.... "Or with a stone of the hand" (q), which the Jews interpret of a stone so big as to fill a man's hand, and so
wherewith he may die; at whom it is thrown; is sufficient to cause his death, if struck with it; so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it of a"stone of fulness of hands, which is sufficient that a man may die with it,''or be killed by it:
and he die; by the blow he receives from it, either immediately or in a short time after:
he is a murderer, and the murderer shall surely be put to death; as in the above case.
(q) .
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 35:16–21
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.
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Questions about Numbers 35:17
What does Numbers 35:17 say?
Numbers 35:17 in the Webster's Bible reads: “And if he shall smite him by throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he shall die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 35, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Numbers 35:17 found in the Bible?
Numbers 35:17 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 35, verse 17, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Numbers 35:17 shown in?
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Until he stand before the congregation in judgment - So one of these cities was not a perpetual asylum; It was only a pro tempore refuge, till the case could be fairly examined by the magistrates in the presence of the people, or the elders their representatives; and this was done in the city or place where he had done the murder, Jos 20:4, Jos 20:6. If he was found worthy of death, they delivered him to the avenger that he might be slain, Deu 19:12; if not, they sent him back to the city of refuge, where he remained till the death of the high priest, Num 35:25. Before the cities of refuge were appointed, the altar appears to have been a sanctuary for those who had killed a person unwittingly; see on Exo 21:13 (note), and Exo 21:14 (note).