Numbers 35:17

New Century Version

Anyone who takes a rock and kills a person with it is a murderer. He must be put to death.

Cross References

Genesis 9:5

I will demand blood for life. I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will demand the life of anyone who takes another person’s life.

Exodus 21:18

“If two men argue, and one hits the other with a rock or with his fist, the one who is hurt but not killed might have to stay in bed.

Ezekiel 16:38

I will punish you as women guilty of adultery or as murderers are punished. I will put you to death because I am angry and jealous.

Numbers 35:18

Anyone who picks up a piece of wood and kills someone with it is a murderer. He must be put to death.

Numbers 35:31

“ ‘Don’t take money to spare the life of a murderer who should be put to death. A murderer must be put to death.