Verse 15

Numbers 35:15

English Revised Version

15 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a manslayer: the manslayer shall surely be put to death.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לִ/בְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְ/לַ/גֵּ֤ר וְ/לַ/תּוֹשָׁב֙ בְּ/תוֹכָ֔/ם תִּהְיֶ֛ינָה שֵׁשׁ הֶ/עָרִ֥ים הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה לְ/מִקְלָ֑ט לָ/נ֣וּס שָׁ֔מָּ/ה כָּל מַכֵּה נֶ֖פֶשׁ בִּ/שְׁגָגָֽה
English Translation
For the children of Israel and for the stranger and for the resident among them, there shall be six cities as refuge, to which one may flee who has killed a person unintentionally.
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Chapter 35 Context
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, Focus ↗
2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possessi... Focus ↗
3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for the... Focus ↗
4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the c... Focus ↗
5 And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side... Focus ↗
6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which y... Focus ↗
7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye giv... Focus ↗
8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the... Focus ↗
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Focus ↗
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Cana... Focus ↗
11 then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the manslayer which killeth an... Focus ↗
12 And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he s... Focus ↗
13 Ye shall give three cities beyond Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they... Focus ↗
14 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six c... Focus ↗
15 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a manslayer: the manslayer sh...
16 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a manslayer:... Focus ↗
17 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a ma... Focus ↗
18 The avenger of blood shall himself put the manslayer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him... Focus ↗
19 And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died; Focus ↗
20 or in enmity smote him with his hand, that he died: he that smote him shall surely be put to death;... Focus ↗
21 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait, Focus ↗
22 or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and... Focus ↗
23 then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these jud... Focus ↗
24 and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the co... Focus ↗
25 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth... Focus ↗
26 and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood... Focus ↗
27 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after... Focus ↗
28 Whoso killeth any person, the manslayer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness sh... Focus ↗
29 Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a manslayer, which is guilty of death: but he shall... Focus ↗
30 And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he should come again to... Focus ↗
31 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land: and no expiation... Focus ↗
32 And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I the LORD d... Focus ↗