Mínshùjì 35:23

23 Huò shì méiyǒu kànjian de shíhou yòng kĕyǐ dá sǐ rén de shítou rēng zaì rénshēn shàng , yǐzhì yú sǐ , bĕnlái yǔ tā wú chóu , yĕ wú yì haì tā .

Mínshùjì 35:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:23

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 ^F19 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:

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Misn. Maccot, c. 2. sect. 3.

Mínshùjì 35:23 In-Context

21 Huò shì yīn chóuhèn yòng shǒu dá rén , yǐzhì yú sǐ , nà dá rén de bì beì zhìsǐ . tā shì gù shārén de . bào xuè chóu de yī yùjiàn jiù shā tā .

22 Tǎngruò rén méiyǒu chóuhèn , hūrán jiàng rén tuī dǎo , huò shì méiyǒu máifu bǎ wù rēng zaì rénshēn shàng ,

23 Huò shì méiyǒu kànjian de shíhou yòng kĕyǐ dá sǐ rén de shítou rēng zaì rénshēn shàng , yǐzhì yú sǐ , bĕnlái yǔ tā wú chóu , yĕ wú yì haì tā .

24 Huì zhòng jiù yào zhào diǎnzhāng , zaì dá sǐ rén de hé bào xuè chóu de zhōngjiān shĕnpàn .

25 Huì zhòng yào jiù zhè wù shārén de tuōlí bào xuè chóurén de shǒu , yĕ yào shǐ tā guī rù taó chéng . tā yào zhù zaì qízhōng , zhí dĕng dào shòu shèng gāo de Dàjìsī sǐ le .