or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him so that he died, and he was not his enemy and not seeking his harm,
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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 he was not his enemy and not seeking his harm,
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Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
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or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 35:23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man…
Num 35:23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing [him] not, and cast [it] upon him, that he die, and [was] not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
Ver. 23. Or with any stone.] As at the funeral solemnities of Queen Anne, a scholar was slain by the fall of a letter of stone, thrust down from the battlements of the Earl of Northampton’s house, by one that was a spectator.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Or with any stone wherewith a man may die,....…
Or with any stone wherewith a man may die,.... Which is sufficient to kill a man, if thrown at him:
seeing him not; and so without intention: the Jews (s) from hence gather, that a blind man is to be acquitted and dismissed, and not banished and so stands in no need of a city of refuge; though others say he is to be banished, and needs it, and ought to have the privilege of it:
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and cast it upon him that he die; casting, it upon another account, and with another view, but yet falling upon a man, it kills him:
and was not his enemy, neither sought him harm; it was never known that they were at variance, or that the slayer had ever by any overt act discovered any malice and enmity against the deceased, by word or deed, or ever sought to do him any injury, either to his person or property.
(s) Misn. Maccot, c. 2. sect. 3.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Stone… cast it upon him — Here is…
23. Stone… cast it upon him — Here is a case of anacoluthon, or want of grammatical sequence, in the Hebrew. The writer evidently begins the sentence with the word “smite” (Num_35:17) in his mind, and discovering its inappropriateness substitutes let fall, too strongly rendered in the English by cast it upon. The case of casual killing is more clearly illustrated in Deu_19:4-5.
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