Numbers 35:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.”

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BSBPD

“Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And if with a stone <FI>in<Fi> the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he <FI>is<Fi> a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 35:17 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
  2. Exodus 21:18If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
  3. Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.

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