Numbers 35:20

New Life Version

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,

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;

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 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 Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰ "Say to the people of Israel, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ¹¹ choose which cities are to be the ones where you can run to be safe. The man who has killed a person without meaning to may run there. ¹² The cities will be a safe place for you from the one who wants to punish you. So the one who has killed a person may not die until the people decide if he is guilty or not. ¹³ The cities you give will be your six cities where you can go to be safe. ¹⁴ Give three cities on the east side of the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan. They will be the cities where you can go to be safe. ¹⁵ These six cities will be safe places for the people of Israel and for the stranger and for the one who visits them. Anyone who kills a person without meaning to may run there. ¹⁶ ‘But if he killed him with an iron object, then he is guilty. For sure the killer will be put to death. ¹⁷ If he knocked him down with a stone so that he died, he is guilty. For sure the killer will be put to death. ¹⁸ Or if he hit him with a piece of wood in his hand so that he died, he is guilty. For sure the killer will 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
When Jacob came from Paddan-aram, God showed Himself to him again and brought good to him.

Genesis 35:14
Jacob set up a pillar of stone in the place where He had spoken with him. And he poured a drink offering and also oil on it.

Genesis 35:17
And while she was suffering, the woman who was helping her said to her, "Do not be afraid. For now you have another son."

Genesis 35:18
As Rachel's soul was leaving, for she died, she gave him the name Benoni. But his father gave him the name Benjamin.

1 Samuel 10:2
When you leave me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's grave in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went to look for have been found. Now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and is worried about you, saying, "What should 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.