Numbers 35:16 · KJV
“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.”
— Numbers 35:16
These six cities shall be a refuge, {both} for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
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. {with...: Heb. with a stone of the hand}
Numbers 35 — Context
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, {which} shall be cities of refuge.
15These six cities shall be a refuge, {both} for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
16And 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.
17And 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. {with...: Heb. with a stone of the hand}
18Or {if} he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he {is} a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:17
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. {killeth...: Heb. smiteth the life of a man}
Genesis 9:5-6
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Numbers 35:22-24
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
Deuteronomy 19:11-13
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: {mortally: Heb. in life}
Exodus 21:12-14
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Numbers 35:30-33
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person {to cause him} to die.