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.
Numbers 35:17 - Easy To Read Version 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.) 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. |
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.
“Two men might argue and one might hit the other with a rock or with his fist. {How should you punish that man?} If the man who was hurt is not killed, then the man who hurt him should not be killed.
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.
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.)
“If a person is a murderer, then he must be put to death. Don’t take money and change his punishment. That murderer must be killed.