Numbers 35:22

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,

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,

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

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,

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

⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰ Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan; ¹¹ Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight. ¹² In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people. ¹³ Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places; ¹⁴ Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight. ¹⁵ For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight. ¹⁶ But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. ¹⁷ Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. ¹⁸ Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to 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
And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

Genesis 35:3
And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

Genesis 35:4
Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

Genesis 35:5
So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 35:8
And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.

Genesis 35:12
And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

Genesis 35:14
And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

Genesis 35:15
And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

Genesis 35:16
So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

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.