Numbers 35:17

17 si lapidem iecerit et ictus occubuerit similiter punietur

Numbers 35:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:17

And if he smite him with throwing a stone
"Or with a stone of the hand" ^F17, which the Jews interpret of a stone so big as to fill a man's hand, and so

wherewith he may die;
at whom it is thrown; is sufficient to cause his death, if struck with it; so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it of a

``stone of fulness of hands, which is sufficient that a man may die with it,''

or be killed by it:

and he die;
by the blow he receives from it, either immediately or in a short time after:

he is a murderer, and the murderer shall surely be put to death;
as in the above case.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (dy Nbab) .

Numbers 35:17 In-Context

15 tam filiis Israhel quam advenis atque peregrinis ut confugiat ad eas qui nolens sanguinem fuderit

16 si quis ferro percusserit et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est reus erit homicidii et ipse morietur

17 si lapidem iecerit et ictus occubuerit similiter punietur

18 si ligno percussus interierit percussoris sanguine vindicabitur

19 propinquus occisi homicidam interficiet statim ut adprehenderit eum percutiet