Numbers 35:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ or used a stone, by which a man may die, and without seeing him cast it upon him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy, and did not seek his harm;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Or with any stone with which a man may be killed, not seeing him, and threw it at him so that he died, and was not his enemy nor sought to harm him,

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

Common English Bible

²³ or accidentally drops any stone on him that could cause death and he dies—even though they weren’t enemies and no evil was intended—

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ or animosity, he will have done any of these things,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And enmity, he do any of these things:

Numbers 35:23 Cross References

Numbers 35:22

“But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait,

Numbers 35:24

then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;