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.
Numbers 35:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner. |
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.
‘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,
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.
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.
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of someone who is guilty of murder; he must be put to death.