Numbers 35:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ ‘And if he has smitten him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall certainly 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

“But only your blood for your lives I require, from the hand of every beast I require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I require the life of man.

Exodus 21:18

“And when men strive together, and one smites the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

Ezekiel 16:38

“And I shall judge you with judgments of adulteresses and shedders of blood. And I shall bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

Numbers 35:18

‘Or if he has smitten him with a wooden instrument that could kill, and he does die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall certainly be put to death.

Numbers 35:31

‘And take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.