Verse 17
Numbers 35:17
New Living Translation
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Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִ֡ם בְּ/אֶ֣בֶן יָד֩ אֲשֶׁר יָמ֨וּת בָּ֥/הּ הִכָּ֛ה/וּ וַ/יָּמֹ֖ת רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא מ֥וֹת יוּמַ֖ת הָ/רֹצֵֽחַ
English Translation
And if with a stone which a person may die from it, he has struck him and he has died, the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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Chapter 35 Context
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While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the LORD said t...
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“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, a...
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These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for t...
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The pastureland assigned to the Levites around these towns will extend 1,500 feet from the town wall...
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Measure off 3,000 feet outside the town walls in every direction — east, south, west, north — with t...
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“Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally...
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In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.
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These towns will come from the property of the people of Israel. The larger tribes will give more to...
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The LORD said to Moses,
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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “When you cross the Jordan into the land o...
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designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally.
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These cities will be places of protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the deat...
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Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,
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three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.
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These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling mercha...
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“But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murdere...
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Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murde...
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Or if someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer...
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The victim’s nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the...
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So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him a...
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Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases...
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“But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws someth...
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or accidentally drops a huge stone on someone, though they were not enemies, and the person dies.
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If this should happen, the community must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the...
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The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in th...
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“But if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,
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and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.
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The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But afte...
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These are legal requirements for you to observe from generation to generation, wherever you may live...
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“All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No...
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Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and sub...
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And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer t...
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This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. An...
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You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the LORD, who lives among...
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