or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him. Cross References Numbers 35:20 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him, Numbers 35:22 But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally, 2 Samuel 14:11 "Please," she replied, "may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!" "As surely as the LORD lives," he vowed, "not a hair of your son's head will fall to the ground." Treasury of Scripture Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him. |
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