Numbers 35:23

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Numbers 35:23

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Berean Standard Bible

or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

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KJV

King James Version

Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing [him] not, and cast [it] upon him, that he die, and [was] not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

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WEB

World English Bible

or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him so that he died, and he was not his enemy and not seeking his harm,

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ASV

American Standard Version

or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

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Numbers 35

²¹ or 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.

²² But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

²³ or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

²⁴ then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

²⁵ The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

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