Numbers 35:18

18 If a man has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

Numbers 35:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:18

Or if he smote him with an hand weapon of wood
A stick, or staff, or club:

wherewith he may die, and he die;
which is sufficient to kill a man, as the same Targum explains it; and a man dies with the blow that is given him by it:

he is a murderer, and the murderer shall surely be put to death;
no pardon given him, or the benefit of the city of refuge allowed him.

Numbers 35:18 In-Context

16 "If anyone strikes a person with an iron object and death results, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

17 If a man has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another man and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

18 If a man has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

19 The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

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