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Numbers 35:20

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

KJV

Si per odium quis hominem impulerit, vel jecerit quippiam in eum per insidias :

Vulgate

ἐὰν δὲ δι’ ἔχθραν ὤσῃ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπιρίψει ἐπ’ αὐτὸν πᾶν σκεῦος ἐξ ἐνέδρου, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ,

LXX

And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

ASV

וְ/אִם בְּ/שִׂנְאָ֖ה יֶהְדָּפֶ֑/נּוּ אֽוֹ הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ עָלָ֛י/ו בִּ/צְדִיָּ֖ה וַ/יָּמֹֽת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
וֹ
v
verb · 11×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צְדִיָּ֖ה
tsdyh
noun · 2×
שִׂנְאָ֗ה
shn'h
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 3:27 — And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2Sam 20:10 — But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abish
  • 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 21:14 — But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
  • Gen 4:8 — And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.