Numbers 35:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ If anyone has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And if he struck him down by throwing a stone, by which a person may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ If someone strikes another with a stone in hand that could cause death and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly.

Numbers 35:17 Cross References

Genesis 9:5

And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood;  I will require it from any animal  and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life.

Exodus 21:18

‘When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or his fist, and the injured man does not die but is confined to bed,

Ezekiel 16:38

I will judge you the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged.  Then I will bring about the shedding of your blood in jealous wrath.

Numbers 35:18

If anyone has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

Numbers 35:31

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of someone who is guilty of murder; he must be put to death.