Numbers 35:20

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 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,

21 or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood is to kill the murderer when he finds him.

22 "But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent