Numbers 35:16

In 11 translations

BSB

If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

KJV

And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

WEB

“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

ASV

But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

LSV

And if he has struck him with an instrument of iron, and he dies, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

YLT

'And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

DBY

And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

DRC

If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck: he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.

GNV

And if one smite another with an instrument of yron that hee die, hee is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

JPS

But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

LXXE

And if he should smite him with an iron instrument, and the man should die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְאִם־בִּכְלִ֨י בַרְזֶ֧ל ׀ הִכָּ֛הוּ וַיָּמֹ֖ת רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא מ֥וֹת יוּמַ֖ת הָרֹצֵֽחַ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν δὲ ἐν σκεύει σιδήρου πατάξῃ αὐτὸν, καὶ τελευτήσῃ, φονευτής ἐστι· θανάτῳ θανατούσθω ὁ φονευτής.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Leviticus 24:17And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:30–33If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. You are not to accept a ransom for the life of…
• Exodus 21:12–14Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death. If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. But if a man schemes and acts…
• Genesis 9:5–6And 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: Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his…
• Numbers 35:22–24But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally, or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him, then…
• Deuteronomy 19:11–13If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities, the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of…

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