16But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a manslayer: the manslayer shall surely be put to death.


In Context

13 And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

14 Ye shall give three cities beyond Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge: that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

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

17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a manslayer: the manslayer shall surely be put to death.

18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a manslayer: the manslayer shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:16And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:16" 'If a man strikes someone with an iron object so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:16If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck : he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:16But 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:16And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:16And if he shall smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:16|'But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:16And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:16And 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.