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 35:18 - 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.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Or if he struck him down with a weapon of wood in his hand, by which one may die, and he died, the offender is a murderer; he shall surely be put to death. American Standard Version (1901) Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood 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 Or if someone strikes with a wood object in hand that could cause death, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death. Catholic Public Domain Version If he who has been struck with wood passes away, he shall be avenged by the blood of the one who struck him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If he that is struck with wood die: he shall be revenged by the blood of him that struck him. |
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.
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 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.)
A member of the dead man’s family [386] can chase that murderer and kill him.