Numbers 35:20

Bishop's Bible

But if he thrust hym of hate, or hurle at hym by laying of wayte, that he dye,

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,

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

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;

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

⁹ And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: ¹⁰ Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and say vnto them: When ye be come ouer Iordane into the lande of Chanaan: ¹¹ Ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you: that he whiche sleeth a person vnwares, may flee thyther. ¹² And these cities shalbe vnto you a refuge from the auenger of blood: that he which killeth, dye not, vntill he stand before the congregation in iudgement. ¹³ And of these cities which ye shal geue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge. ¹⁴ Ye shal geue three on this side Iordane, and three in the land of Chanaan, whiche shalbe cities of refuge. ¹⁵ And these sixe cities shalbe a refuge, both for the chyldren of Israel, and for the straunger, & for hym that dwelleth among you: that all they whiche kyll any person vnwares, may flee thyther. ¹⁶ And if any man smyte another with an instrument of iron that he dye, then is he a murtherer, and the murtherer shall dye for it. ¹⁷ If he smyte hym with throwyng a stone, that a man may dye with, and if he dye, he that smote hym is a murtherer: let the same murtherer be slayne therefore. ¹⁸ Or if he smyte hym with a handweapon of wood that a man may dye with, then if he dye, he is a murtherer: let the same murtherer be slaine therfore.

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
And God appeared vnto Iacob agayne, after he came out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him.

Genesis 35:14
And Iacob set vp on ende in the place where he talked with him [euen] a stone set he vp on ende, & powred drinke offering theron, & powred also oyle theron.

Genesis 35:17
And as she was in paynes of her labour, the midwife saide vnto her: feare not, for this sonne is thyne also.

Genesis 35:18
Then as her soule was a departing (for she died) she called his name Benoni, but his father called hym Beniamin.

1 Samuel 10:2
When thou art departed from me this day, thou shalt finde two men by Rahels sepulchre in ye border of Beniamin, euen at Zalezah, and they wil say vnto thee, ye asses which thou wetest to seke, are found: And lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, & soroweth for you, saying: what shal I do for my sonne?

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.