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Numbers 35:16

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But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Numbers 35:16 in other translations

“ ‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Numbers 35:16 in context

  1. 14Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
  2. 15For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
  3. 16But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
  4. 17And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
  5. 18Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.