Numbers 35:16 “If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him…”

Numbers 35:16

If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

World English Bible

“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version

But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if one smite another with an instrument of yron that hee die, hee is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

Darby Translation

And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

Young's Literal Translation

'And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

Bible in Basic English

But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

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Cross references

“if he smite”

Numbers 35:22–24 Deuteronomy 19:11–13

Numbers 35:22–24 · BSB

But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

Deuteronomy 19:11–13 · BSB

If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

“the”

Leviticus 24:17 Numbers 35:30–33 Exodus 21:12–14 Genesis 9:5 Genesis 9:6

Leviticus 24:17 · BSB

And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:30–33 · BSB

If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

Exodus 21:12–14 · BSB

Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

Genesis 9:5 · BSB

And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Genesis 9:6 · BSB

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

17Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

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