Numbers 35:18

18 Or [if] he shall smite him with a hand-weapon of wood, with which he may die, and he shall die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely 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 And if he shall smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he shall die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17 And if he shall smite him by throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he shall die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or [if] he shall smite him with a hand-weapon of wood, with which he may die, and he shall die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
20 But if he shall thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying in wait, that he die.
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