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.


In Context

13 As to the cities which ye give — six are cities of refuge to you;

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

15 To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares.

16 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.

17 And if with a stone in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

18 Or with a wooden instrument in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:16But 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.

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 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.