King James Version
Numbers 35:18 in the King James Version says “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 s...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Numbers 35:18 · KJV
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.
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. with: Heb. with a stone of the hand
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.
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
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“weapon”
H3627something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
“him with an hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“he is a murderer”
H7523properly, to dash in pieces, i.e., kill (a human being), especially to murder
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“he is a murderer”
H7523properly, to dash in pieces, i.e., kill (a human being), especially to murder
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