Verse 21
Numbers 35:21
World English Bible, British Edition
21
or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck
him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death
when he meets him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
א֣וֹ בְ/אֵיבָ֞ה הִכָּ֤ה/וּ בְ/יָד/וֹ֙ וַ/יָּמֹ֔ת מֽוֹת יוּמַ֥ת הַ/מַּכֶּ֖ה רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא גֹּאֵ֣ל הַ/דָּ֗ם יָמִ֛ית אֶת הָ/רֹצֵ֖חַ בְּ/פִגְע/וֹ בֽ/וֹ
English Translation
Or if he struck him with his hand, and he died, he shall surely be put to death; the one who strikes is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
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Chapter 35 Context
1
The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,
saying,
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2
“Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites cities to dwell
in out of their inheritance....
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3
They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be
for their livestock, and for th...
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4
“The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the
Levites, shall be from the wall of the...
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5
You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand
cubits, and for the south side...
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6
“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be
the six cities of refuge, which you s...
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7
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight
cities together with their p...
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8
Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children
of Israel, from the man...
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9
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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10
“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over
the Jordan into the land of Can...
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11
then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge
for you, that the man slayer who...
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12
The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man
slayer not die until he stands be...
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13
The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
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14
You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three
cities in the land of Canaan...
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15
These six cities shall be refuge for the children of Israel, for the
stranger, and for the foreigner...
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16
“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he
died, he is a murderer. The murderer s...
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17
If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die,
and he died, he is a murderer. Th...
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18
Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man
may die, and he died, he is a...
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19
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When
he meets him, he shall put him to...
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20
If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled something at him while lying
in wait, so that he died,
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21
or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck
him shall surely be put to...
22
“‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled
on him anything without lying in wait,
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or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast
it on him so that he died, and h...
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24
then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger
of blood according to these or...
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25
The congregation shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the
avenger of blood, and the congr...
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26
“‘But if the man slayer shall at any time go beyond the border
of his city of refuge where he flees,
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27
and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city
of refuge, and the avenger of b...
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28
because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death
of the high priest. But after...
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29
“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout
your generations in all your d...
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30
“‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain based
on the testimony of witnesses; but one...
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31
“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer
who is guilty of death. He shall sure...
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32
“‘You shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city
of refuge, that he may come again to dwe...
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33
“‘So you shall not pollute the land where you live; for blood
pollutes the land. No atonement can be...
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34
You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for
I, the LORD, dwell amongst the c...
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