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Numbers 35:16

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.

KJV

Si quis ferro percusserit, et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est, reus erit homicidii, et ipse morietur.

Vulgate

ἐὰν δὲ ἐν σκεύει σιδήρου πατάξῃ αὐτὸν καὶ τελευτήσῃ, φονευτής ἐστιν· θανάτῳ θανατούσθω ὁ φονευτής.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/אִם בִּ/כְלִ֨י בַרְזֶ֧ל הִכָּ֛ה/וּ וַ/יָּמֹ֖ת רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא מ֥וֹת יוּמַ֖ת הָ/רֹצֵֽחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
בַּרְזֶל֙
brzl
noun · 76×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
ו
v
noun · 324×
ם
m
verb · 499×
רֹצֵ֔חַ
rtsch
verb · 47×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 19:11 — But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
  • Exod 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill.
  • Exod 21:12 — He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
  • Lev 24:17 — And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
  • Matt 5:21 — Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: