Numbers 35:20 “Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws…”

Numbers 35:20

Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

World English Bible

If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled something at him while lying in wait, so that he died,

American Standard Version

And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

Geneva Bible 1599

But if hee thrust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he die,

Darby Translation

And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,

Young's Literal Translation

'And if in hatred he thrust him through, or hath cast [anything] at him by lying in wait, and he dieth;

Bible in Basic English

If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;

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Cross references

“if he thrust”

Genesis 4:8 2 Samuel 3:27 2 Samuel 20:10 Genesis 4:5 2 Samuel 13:22 1 Kings 2:31–33

Genesis 4:8 · BSB

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

2 Samuel 3:27 · BSB

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 20:10 · BSB

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his…

Genesis 4:5 · BSB

but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

2 Samuel 13:22 · BSB

And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

1 Kings 2:31–33 · BSB

And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.

“by laying”

Exodus 21:14 Deuteronomy 19:11 1 Samuel 18:25 1 Samuel 19:9–12 1 Samuel 20:1 1 Samuel 23:7–9

Exodus 21:14 · BSB

But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

Deuteronomy 19:11 · 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,

1 Samuel 18:25 · BSB

Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 19:9–12 · BSB

But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

1 Samuel 20:1 · BSB

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

1 Samuel 23:7–9 · BSB

When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

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

In context

19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

21or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

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