KJV King James Version
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
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Numbers 35:22
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
WEB World English Bible
“‘But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,
ASV American Standard Version
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,
YLT 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;
Surrounding context — Numbers 35
19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote [him] shall surely be put to death; [for] he [is] a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing [him] not, and cast [it] upon him, that he die, and [was] not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
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וְאִם־H518 · imifבְּפֶ֥תַעH6621 · pe.tasuddennessבְּלֹא־H3808 · lonotאֵיבָ֖הH342 · e.vahenmityהֲדָפ֑וֹH1920 · ha.daphto thrustאוֹ־H176 · oorהִשְׁלִ֥יךְH7993 · sha.lakhto throwעָלָ֛יוH5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallכְּלִ֖יH3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilבְּלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotצְדִיָּֽה׃H6660 · tse.diy.yahambush
Cross-references
Exodus 21:13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.Numbers 35:11Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.Deuteronomy 19:5As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:Joshua 20:3That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.Joshua 20:5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
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