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14 aYou shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge.  
15 These six cities shall be for refuge for the children of Israel, afor the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills a person accidentally may flee there.  
16 a‘But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.  
17 And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19 aThe avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.  
20 aIf he pushes him out of hatred or, bwhile lying in wait, hurls something at him so that he dies,  
21 or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
22 ‘However, if he pushes him suddenly awithout enmity, or throws anything at him without lying in wait,  
23 or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing it at him without seeing him, so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm,
24 then athe congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.  
25 So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and ahe shall remain there until the death of the high priest bwho was anointed with the holy oil.  
26 But if the manslayer at any time goes outside the limits of the city of refuge where he fled,
27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of1 blood,  
28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.
29 ‘And these things shall be aa statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.  
30 Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the atestimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty.  
31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
32 And you shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest.
33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood adefiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except bby the blood of him who shed it.  
34 Therefore ado not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for bI the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.’ ” 
Verse Comparison: Numbers 35:16

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American Standard Version
But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Amplified® Bible
But if he struck him down with an instrument of iron so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Contemporary English Version
Suppose you hit someone with a piece of iron or a large stone or a dangerous wooden tool. If that person dies, then you are a murderer and must be put to death

Darby English Version
And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

Good News Bible
"If, however, any of you use a weapon of iron or stone or wood to kill someone, you are guilty of murder and are to be put to death.

King James Version
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

New American Standard Bible
`But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

New International Version
" 'If a man strikes someone with an iron object so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

New King James Version
‘But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he has murdered; the murderer shall surely receive the death penalty.

Revised Standard Version
"But if he struck him down with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Young's Literal Translation
`And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.


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