Numbers 35:20

Amplified Bible

'But if he pushed his victim out of hatred or threw something at him with malicious intent, and he died,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

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

Lexham English Bible
If he shoves him in hatred, or he throws something at him with intention, and he dies,

English Standard Version
And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

New Century Version
A person might shove someone or throw something at someone and cause death.

New English Translation
"But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,

New American Standard Bible
'Now if he pushed him in hatred, or he threw something at him with malicious intent, and as a result he died,

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if hee thrust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he die,

Legacy Standard Bible
And if he pushed him of hatred or threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died,

Contemporary English Version
Or suppose you get angry and kill someone by pushing or hitting or by throwing something. You are a murderer and must be put to death by one of the victim's relatives.

Complete Jewish Bible
Likewise, if he shoves him out of hatred; or intentionally throws something at him, causing his death;

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

Easy-to-Read Version
"You might hit someone with your hand or push someone or throw something at them and kill them. If you did that from hate, you are a murderer, and you must be killed. A member of the dead person's family can chase you and kill you.

George Lamsa Translation
But if he wound him because of hatred, or shoot an arrow at him by lying in wait, that he might die, he is a murderer;

Good News Translation
"If you hate someone and kill him by pushing him down or by throwing something at him

Christian Standard Bible®
Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,

Literal Translation
And if he pushes him down, or has thrown at him by lying in wait, and he dies;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf he thrust at him of hate, or cast ought at him with laienge of wayte, or smyte him of envye wt his hande, that he dye,

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

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;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But if he thrust hym of hate, or hurle at hym by laying of wayte, that he dye,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so that he died;

King James Version (1611)
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurle at him by laying of waite that he die,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if he should thrust him through enmity, or cast any thing upon him from an ambuscade, and the man should die,

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

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If bi haterede a man hurtlith, `ethir schoufith, `a man, ethir castith ony thing in to hym bi aspiyngis,

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;

Update Bible Version
And if he thrusts him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

Webster's Bible Translation
But if he shall thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying in wait, that he die.

World English Bible
If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

New King James Version
If he pushes him out of hatred or, while lying in wait, hurls something at him so that he dies,

New Living Translation
So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him and he dies, it is murder.

New Life Bible
If the killer has pushed him because he hated him, or has thrown something at him after waiting for him, and because of this he died,

New Revised Standard
Likewise, if someone pushes another from hatred, or hurls something at another, lying in wait, and death ensues,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or if with hate, he shall thrust at him, or hurl at him designedly, and he have died,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If through hatred any one push a man, or fling any thing at him with ill design:

Revised Standard Version
And if he stabbed him from hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

THE MESSAGE
"And if out of sheer hatred a man pushes another or from ambush throws something at him and he dies, or angrily hits him with his fist and kills him, that's murder—he must be put to death. The avenger has a right to kill him when he gets him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'If he pushed him of hatred, or threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died,

Contextual Overview

⁹Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰"Tell the Israelites, 'When you cross the Jordan [River] into the land of Canaan, ¹¹then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there. ¹²'The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who has caused the death of another will not be killed until he has had a [fair] trial before the congregation. ¹³'The cities which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge. ¹⁴'You shall provide three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan [River], and three [more] cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be the cities of refuge. ¹⁵'These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the resident alien among them; so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may escape there. ¹⁶'But if he struck his victim down [intentionally] with an iron object so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death. ¹⁷'If he struck his victim down [intentionally] with a stone in hand, which may cause a person to die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death. ¹⁸'Or if he struck his victim down [intentionally] with a wooden object in hand, which may cause a person to die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if he thrust: Genesis 4:5, Genesis 4:8, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:28, 2 Samuel 13:29, 2 Samuel 20:10, 1 Kings 2:5, 1 Kings 2:6, 1 Kings 2:31-33, Proverbs 26:24, Proverbs 28:17, Luke 4:29

by laying: Exodus 21:14, Deuteronomy 19:11, 1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 18:25, 1 Samuel 19:9-12, 1 Samuel 20:1, 1 Samuel 23:7-9, 1 Samuel 24:11, Psalms 10:7-10, Psalms 11:2, Psalms 35:7, Psalms 35:8, Psalms 57:4-6, Proverbs 1:18, Proverbs 1:19, Mark 6:19, Mark 6:24-26, Acts 20:3, Acts 23:21

Cross-References

Genesis 35:9
Then God [in a visible manifestation] appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Paddan-aram, and declared a blessing on him.

Genesis 35:14
Jacob set up a pillar (memorial, monument) in the place where he had talked with God, a pillar of stone, and he poured a drink offering [of wine] on it; he also poured oil on it [to declare it sacred for God's purpose].

Genesis 35:17
When she was in hard labor the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid; you now have another son."

Genesis 35:18
And as her soul was departing, (for she died), she named him Ben-oni (son of my sorrow); but his father called him Benjamin (son of the right hand).

1 Samuel 10:2
"When you leave me today, you will meet two men beside Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; they will say to you, 'The donkeys you went to look for have been found. And your father has stopped caring about them and is worried about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if he thrust him of hatred,.... Or, "and if" r, since the Scripture is still speaking of such that shall die for murder, though in another instance, without having the privilege of a city of refuge; if he thrusts him with a sword or knife, or rather, since, if anything of that kind is included in the first instance of smiting with an instrument of iron, push him down from an high place, as Aben Ezra; so the men of Nazareth intended to have dispatched Christ in that way, Luke 4:29

or hurl at him by lying in wait, that he die; as a bowing wall, as the same writer instances in, push down that upon him as he passes along, lying in wait for him; or throws anything at him, with an intention to kill him, and does; or casts down anything upon him, a large stone, or anything else, by which he dies.

r ואם "et si", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sense is: Inasmuch as to take another man’s life by any means whatsoever is murder, and exposes the murderer to the penalty of retaliation; so, if the deed is done in hostility, it is in truth actual murder, and the murderer shall be slain; but if it be not done in hostility, then the congregation shall interpose to stop the avenger’s hand.

Numbers 35:19

When he meeteth him - Provided, of course, it were without a city of refuge.

Numbers 35:24

The case of the innocent slayer is here contemplated. In a doubtful case there would necessarily have to be a judicial decision as to the guilt or innocence of the person who claimed the right of asylum.

Numbers 35:25

The homicide was safe only within the walls of his city of refuge. He became a virtual exile from his home. The provisions here made serve to mark the gravity of the act of manslaughter, even when not premeditated; and the inconveniences attending on them fell, as is right and fair, upon him who committed the deed.

Unto the death of the high priest - The atoning death of the Saviour cast its shadow before on the statute-book of the Law and on the annals of Jewish history. The high priest, as the head and representative of the whole chosen family of sacerdotal mediators, as exclusively entrusted with some of the chief priestly functions, as alone privileged to make yearly atonement within the holy of holies, and to gain, from the mysterious Urim and Thummim, special revelations of the will of God, was, preeminently, a type of Christ. And thus the death of each successive high priest presignified that death of Christ by which the captives were to be freed, and the remembrance of transgressions made to cease.