Numbers 35:18

18 Anyone who picks up a piece of wood and kills someone with it is a murderer. He 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 "'Anyone who uses an iron weapon to kill someone is a murderer. He must be put to death.

17 Anyone who takes a rock and kills a person with it is a murderer. He must be put to death.

18 Anyone who picks up a piece of wood and kills someone with it is a murderer. He must be put to death.

19 A relative of the dead person must put the murderer to death; when they meet, the relative must kill the murderer.

20 A person might shove someone or throw something at someone and cause death.