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Green's Literal Translation

Numbers 35:22

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Avenger of Blood;   Homicide;   Refuge;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Homicide;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Murder;   Punishments;   Refuge, Cities of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Kinsman-Redeemer;   Motives;   Punishment;   Vengeance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - City;   Manslayer;   Murder;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Avenger;   Bloodguilt;   Cities of Refuge;   Manslayer;   Murder;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Kin;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Refuge, Cities of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Levi;   Refuge;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Avenger of blood;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Manslayer,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Enmity;   Homicide;   Manslayer;   Murder;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Asylum;   Avenger of Blood;   Priestly Code;  

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
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

9 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 10 Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 then you shall choose cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that the manslayer may flee there, he that kills a person through error. 12 And the cities shall be to you for refuge from the kinsman avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment. 13 As to the cities which you shall give six shall be cities of refuge for you. 14 You shall give three of the cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three of the cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be for a refuge to the sons of Israel, and to an alien, and to a sojourner in their midst, that any person who kills anyone unawares may flee there. 16 And if he strikes him with an instrument of iron, and he dies, he is a murderer; dying the murderer shall die. 17 And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which he dies, and he dies, he is a murderer; dying the murderer shall die. 18 And if he strikes him with a wooden instrument in the hand, by which he dies, and he dies, he is a murderer; dying the murderer shall die.

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, Rise up, go to Bethel and live there. And make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled before your brother Esau.
Genesis 35:2
And Jacob said to his house, and to all those with him, Put away the strange gods in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your clothing.
Genesis 35:3
And let us rise 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 He was with me in the way in which I went.
Genesis 35:4
And they gave all the strange gods in their hand to Jacob, and the earrings which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.
Genesis 35:5
And they pulled up stakes . And the terror of God was on the cities all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Genesis 35:8
And Deborah died, the nurse of Rebekah, and she was buried below Bethel, under the oak. And he called its name, Oak of Weeping.
Genesis 35:12
And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I will give it to you; and after you I will give the land to your seed.
Genesis 35:14
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. And he poured out a drink offering on it; and he poured oil on it.
Genesis 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place, there where God had spoken with him, Bethel.
Genesis 35:16
And they pulled up stakes from Bethel. And there was yet a length of land to come to Ephrath. And Rachel bore; and she had hard labor in her bearing.

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.


 
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