If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
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If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
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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.
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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.
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Passages linked to Numbers 35:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 21:18 “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, with a big and dangerous stone: in…
That is, with a big and dangerous stone: in Hebrew, with a stone of his hand.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain With throwing a stone, Heb. with the stone of…
With throwing a stone, Heb. with the stone of the hand, i.e. cast by the hand, and that knowingly, as appears by Num 35:23.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And if he smite him with throwing a stone,....…
And if he smite him with throwing a stone,.... "Or with a stone of the hand" (q), which the Jews interpret of a stone so big as to fill a man's hand, and so
wherewith he may die; at whom it is thrown; is sufficient to cause his death, if struck with it; so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it of a"stone of fulness of hands, which is sufficient that a man may die with it,''or be killed by it:
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and he die; by the blow he receives from it, either immediately or in a short time after:
he is a murderer, and the murderer shall surely be put to death; as in the above case.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. a stone in the hand] i.e. a stone…
17. a stone in the hand] i.e. a stone held in the hand; cf. Num_35:18, Eze_39:9 (E.VV. ‘handstaves’).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) And if he smite . . . —Better,…
(17) And if he smite . . . —Better, And if he smote . . .
With throwing a stone.—Literally, with a stone of the hand—i.e., a stone held in the hand, whether thrown or used as the “weapon of wood” of Num_35:18.
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And he die.—Better, and he died.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain With throwing a stone, wherewith he may die. Literally,…
With throwing a stone, wherewith he may die. Literally, "with a stone of the hand, by which one may die," i.e., a stone which is suitable for striking or throwing, and apt to inflict a mortal wound.
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