Numbers 35:20

20 If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at them intentionally so that they die

Numbers 35:20 in Other Translations

20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

20 And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

20 So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him and he dies, it is murder.

20 "And if out of sheer hatred a man pushes another or from ambush throws something at him and he dies,

20 Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws [an object] at him with malicious intent and he dies,

Numbers 35:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:20

But if he thrust him of hatred
Or, "and if" ^F18, since the Scripture is still speaking of such that shall die for murder, though in another instance, without having the privilege of a city of refuge; if he thrusts him with a sword or knife, or rather, since, if anything of that kind is included in the first instance of smiting with an instrument of iron, push him down from an high place, as Aben Ezra; so the men of Nazareth intended to have dispatched Christ in that way, ( Luke 4:29 )

or hurl at him by lying in wait, that he die;
as a bowing wall, as the same writer instances in, push down that upon him as he passes along, lying in wait for him; or throws anything at him, with an intention to kill him, and does; or casts down anything upon him, a large stone, or anything else, by which he dies.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Maw) "et si", Pagninus, Montanus.

Numbers 35:20 In-Context

18 Or if anyone is holding a wooden object and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.

19 The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death.

20 If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at them intentionally so that they die

21 or if out of enmity one person hits another with their fist so that the other dies, that person is to be put to death; that person is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when they meet.

22 “ ‘But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 4:8; S Exodus 21:14; Deuteronomy 19:11; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 20:10