Numbers 35:18

Easy To Read Version

And if a person uses a piece of wood to kills someone, then that person must die. (The piece of wood must be a weapon that people normally use for killing people.)

Cross References

Genesis 9:5

I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person. And I will demand the life of any person who takes another person’s life.

Ezekiel 16:38

Then I will punish you. I will punish you as a murderer and a woman that did the sin of adultery. You will be punished as if by an angry and jealous husband.

Numbers 35:17

And if a person takes a rock and kills someone, then that person must die. (But the rock must be the size of rock that would normally be used for killing people.)

Numbers 35:19

A member of the dead man’s family [386] can chase that murderer and kill him.