Numbers 35:22

Amplified Bible

'But if he pushed the victim suddenly, not in enmity, or threw anything at him without malicious intent,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,

King James Version
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

Lexham English Bible
"‘Or if in an instant he shoved him, not in hostility, or threw something at him without intention,

English Standard Version
"But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait

New Century Version
"‘But a person might suddenly shove someone, and not from hatred. Or a person might accidentally throw something and hit someone.

New English Translation
"But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,

New American Standard Bible
'But if he pushed him suddenly, without hostility, or threw any object at him without malicious intent,

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if he pusshed him vnaduisedly, and not of hatred, or cast vpon him any thing, without laying of waite,

Legacy Standard Bible
‘But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity or threw something at him without lying in wait,

Contemporary English Version
But if you are not angry and accidentally kill someone in any of these ways, the townspeople must hold a trial and decide if you are guilty.

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘But suppose he shoves him suddenly, but without hostility; or he throws something at him unintentionally;

Darby Translation
But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,

Easy-to-Read Version
"You might accidentally kill someone, maybe by pushing or by accidentally hitting them with a tool or weapon.

George Lamsa Translation
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything without lying in wait,

Good News Translation
"But suppose you accidentally kill someone you do not hate, whether by pushing him down or by throwing something at him.

Christian Standard Bible®
“But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent

Literal Translation
And if in an instant he pushed him without enmity, or has thrown at him anything without lying in wait;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf he thrust him by chaunce, & not of envye, or hurle ought at him without eny layenge of wayte,

American Standard Version
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

Bible in Basic English
But if a man has given a wound to another suddenly and not in hate, or without design has sent something against him,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But if he pusshed hym vnaduisedly, and not of hate, or cast vpon hym any thing, and not in laying of wayte,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,

King James Version (1611)
But if hee thrust him suddenly without enmitie, or haue cast vpon him any thing without laying of wait,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast any thing upon him, not from an ambuscade,

English Revised Version
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,

Berean Standard Bible
But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or unintentionally hits him with an object,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if bi sudeyn caas, and without hatrede and enemytees,

Young's Literal Translation
`And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;

Update Bible Version
But if he thrusts him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,

Webster's Bible Translation
But if he shall thrust him suddenly without enmity, or shall have cast upon him any thing without laying in wait,

World English Bible
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,

New King James Version
"However, if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything at him without lying in wait,

New Living Translation
"But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,

New Life Bible
‘But if he pushed him without planning to and without hating him, or threw something at him without having waited for him,

New Revised Standard
But if someone pushes another suddenly without enmity, or hurls any object without lying in wait,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But if suddenly, without enmity, he shall thrust him, or hurl upon him any missile, without design;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if by chance medley, and without hatred,

Revised Standard Version
"But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait,

THE MESSAGE
"If, however, he impulsively pushes someone and there is no history of hard feelings, or he impetuously picks up something and throws it, or he accidentally drops a stone tool—a maul or hammer, say—and it hits and kills someone he didn't even know was there, and there's no suspicion that there was bad blood between them, the community is to judge between the killer and the avenger following these guidelines. It's the task of the community to save the killer from the hand of the avenger—the community is to return him to his asylum-city to which he fled. He must stay there until the death of the High Priest who was anointed with the holy oil. But if the murderer leaves the asylum-city to which he has fled, and the avenger finds him outside the borders of his asylum-city, the avenger has a right to kill the murderer. And he's not considered guilty of murder.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait,

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

Numbers 35:11, Exodus 21:13, Deuteronomy 19:5, Joshua 20:3, Joshua 20:5

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:16 - if he smite

Cross-References

Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled [years ago] from Esau your brother."

Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the [idols and images of] foreign gods that are among you, and ceremonially purify yourselves and change [into fresh] clothes;

Genesis 35:3
then let us get up and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."

Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the [idols and images of the] foreign gods they had and the rings which were in their ears [worn as charms against evil], and Jacob buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.

Genesis 35:5
As they journeyed, there was a great [supernatural] terror [sent from God] on the cities around them, and [for that reason] the Canaanites did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 35:8
Now Deborah, [who once was] Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth (Oak of Weeping).

Genesis 35:12
"The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and to your descendants after you I will give the land."

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 35:15
So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (the House of God).

Genesis 35:16
Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath (Bethlehem), Rachel began to give birth and had difficulty and suffered severely.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if he thrust him suddenly, without enmity,.... Push him from a precipice, before he is aware, without any malicious design against his life, but merely through accident:

or have cast upon him anything; from the top of a house, or from a building he is pulling down, or pushes a bowing wall upon him, not knowing that he is passing by it:

and without lying of wait: or having contrived to do it, just as he goes along, or in any other similar way.

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.