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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/35.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/35.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/35.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/35.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/35.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/35.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/35.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘However, if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything at him without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘But if he pushed him suddenly, without hostility, or threw any object at him without malicious intent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/35.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity or threw something at him without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘But if he pushed the victim suddenly, not in enmity, or threw anything at him without malicious intent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"But suppose you accidentally kill someone who wasn't your enemy. Maybe you shoved him or threw something at him but didn't mean to kill him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/35.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"But suppose you accidentally kill someone you do not hate, whether by pushing him down or by throwing something at him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/35.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"But if he pushed him suddenly without hatred, or if he hurled something in his direction without waiting in ambush, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/35.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But if he shall thrust him suddenly without enmity, or shall have cast upon him any thing without laying in wait,<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And if, in an instant, without enmity, he has pushed him, or has cast any instrument at him without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if suddenly, not in enmity, he thrust him, or cast upon him any instrument in not lying in wait,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if by chance medley, and without hatred, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if by chance, and without hatred<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/35.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />However, if someone pushes another without malice aforethought, or without lying in ambush throws some object at another,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But if someone pushes another suddenly without enmity, or hurls any object without lying in wait,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if he struck him suddenly without hatred or threw at him any implement without treachery.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast any thing upon him, not from an ambuscade,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/35-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=10902" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/35.htm">Six Cities of Refuge</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>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. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">But if anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/1920.htm" title="1920: hă·ḏā·p̄ōw (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To thrust, drive, push. A prim root; to push away or down.">pushes a person</a> <a href="/hebrew/6621.htm" title="6621: bə·p̄e·ṯa‘ (Prep-b:: Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to open; a wink, i.e. Moment (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly).">suddenly,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: bə·lō- (Prep-b:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/342.htm" title="342: ’ê·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Enmity. From 'ayab; hostility.">hostility,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: hiš·lîḵ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">throws</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">an</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lî (N-ms) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">object</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">at him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: bə·lō (Prep-b:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">unintentionally,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6660.htm" title="6660: ṣə·ḏî·yāh (N-fs) -- A lying-in-wait. From tsadah; design."></a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-4.htm">Deuteronomy 19:4-6</a></span><br />Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him: / If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life. / Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/20-3.htm">Joshua 20:3-5</a></span><br />so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. / When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them. / Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/21-13.htm">Exodus 21:13</a></span><br />If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-28.htm">1 Kings 2:28-34</a></span><br />When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. / It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!” / And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/14-5.htm">2 Samuel 14:5-7</a></span><br />“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead. / And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. / Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-2.htm">Leviticus 4:2</a></span><br />“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm">Leviticus 5:15</a></span><br />“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-17.htm">Acts 3:17</a></span><br />And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-30.htm">Acts 17:30</a></span><br />Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-34.htm">Luke 23:34</a></span><br />Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">1 Timothy 1:13</a></span><br />I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm">Hebrews 9:7</a></span><br />But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-15.htm">Romans 7:15-20</a></span><br />I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do. / And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good. / In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-15.htm">1 John 3:15</a></span><br />Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">Matthew 5:21-22</a></span><br />You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ / But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast on him any thing without laying of wait,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/35-11.htm">Numbers 35:11</a></b></br> Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/21-13.htm">Exodus 21:13</a></b></br> And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver <i>him</i> into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Deuteronomy 19:5</a></b></br> As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/numbers/8-4.htm">Design</a> <a href="/numbers/35-21.htm">Enmity</a> <a href="/numbers/35-21.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/numbers/35-21.htm">Hostility</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Hurled</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-2.htm">Instant</a> <a href="/numbers/35-18.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Lying</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Pushed</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Shoves</a> <a href="/numbers/35-18.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Something</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Stabbed</a> <a href="/numbers/16-42.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Throws</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/numbers/35-15.htm">Unintentionally</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-20.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/joshua/20-3.htm">Design</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm">Enmity</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-27.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-16.htm">Hostility</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm">Hurled</a> <a href="/job/7-19.htm">Instant</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-17.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-1.htm">Lying</a> <a href="/judges/9-33.htm">Pushed</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Shoves</a> <a href="/numbers/36-8.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Something</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm">Stabbed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/job/30-19.htm">Throws</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-19.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Unintentionally</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-11.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 35</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/35-1.htm">Forty-eight cities for the Levites, with their suburbs, and measure thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/35-6.htm">Six of them are to be cities of refuge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/35-9.htm">The laws of murder and manslaughter</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/35-31.htm">No satisfaction for murder</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient Israelite society, where community living was close-knit, sudden physical contact could easily occur. The law provided a way to differentiate between intentional and unintentional actions, reflecting God's justice and mercy. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus emphasizes the importance of the heart's intent (<a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">Matthew 5:21-22</a>).<p><b>without hostility</b><br>The absence of hostility is crucial in determining the nature of the act. In Hebrew culture, intent was as significant as the action itself. This aligns with the broader biblical theme that God judges the heart (<a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>). The provision for cities of refuge in <a href="/numbers/35.htm">Numbers 35</a> was designed to protect those who caused harm unintentionally, highlighting God's provision for justice tempered with mercy.<p><b>or throws an object at him unintentionally</b><br>This clause further clarifies the nature of accidental harm. In ancient times, daily life involved many manual tasks, increasing the likelihood of accidents. The law's provision for unintentional actions underscores the importance of intent in God's justice system. This concept is mirrored in the teachings of Jesus, who often focused on the spirit of the law rather than the letter (<a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23-24</a>). The cities of refuge served as a type of Christ, offering protection and a place of safety for those who sought it, much like Christ offers refuge to sinners.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people to whom the laws in Numbers were given, as they were preparing to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/cities_of_refuge.htm">Cities of Refuge</a></b><br>Designated places where individuals who committed unintentional manslaughter could flee for safety until a fair trial.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_accidental_killer.htm">The Accidental Killer</a></b><br>A person who causes the death of another without premeditation or malice, as described in this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_avenger_of_blood.htm">The Avenger of Blood</a></b><br>A family member of the deceased who had the right to seek justice, often through retribution, unless the killer reached a city of refuge.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who conveyed God's laws, including those about cities of refuge, to the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_intent.htm">Understanding Intent</a></b><br>This verse highlights the importance of discerning intent in actions. In our lives, we should strive to understand the motives behind actions, both our own and others', before passing judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>The provision of cities of refuge demonstrates God's balance of justice and mercy. We are called to reflect this balance in our interactions, offering grace while upholding truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_human_life.htm">The Value of Human Life</a></b><br>The detailed laws regarding accidental death underscore the value God places on human life. We should likewise value and protect life in all its forms.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The community's role in providing refuge and ensuring justice reflects our responsibility to care for and protect one another, especially the vulnerable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_reconciliation.htm">Seeking Reconciliation</a></b><br>The process of fleeing to a city of refuge and awaiting trial can be seen as a form of seeking reconciliation. In our conflicts, we should seek peaceful resolutions and reconciliation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_35.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 35</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_wels.htm">Does the Bible say 'kill' or 'murder'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/purpose_of_biblical_cities_of_refuge.htm">What were the biblical Cities of Refuge for?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_allow_a_'blood_avenger'_for_accidents.htm">Deuteronomy 19:6: Why would God allow a “blood avenger” to pursue someone innocent of intentional murder, and where is this justice in historical context?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_need_refuge_cities_if_god_stops_injustice.htm">Why would a just God need these specific cities of refuge in Joshua 20 if He could prevent unjust killings in the first place? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/35.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22, 23) <span class= "bld">But if he thrust him suddenly . . . --</span>See <a href="/context/deuteronomy/19-4.htm" title="And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;">Deuteronomy 19:4-5</a>, where the meaning of the law is illustrated.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/35.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Without enmity.... without laying of wait.</span> These expressions seem intended to limit mercy to cases of pure accident, such as that quoted in <a href="/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Deuteronomy 19:5</a>. Neither provocation nor any other "extenuating circumstances" are taken into account, nor what we now speak of as absence of premeditation. The want of these finer distinctions, as well as the short and simple list of farm injuries given, show the rudeness of the age for which these regulations were made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/35-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But if anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pushes a person</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲדָפ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(hă·ḏā·p̄ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1920.htm">Strong's 1920: </a> </span><span class="str2">To thrust, drive, push</span><br /><br /><span class="word">suddenly,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּפֶ֥תַע</span> <span class="translit">(bə·p̄e·ṯa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6621.htm">Strong's 6621: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wink, moment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hostility,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵיבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_342.htm">Strong's 342: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hostility</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unintentionally</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(bə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hits him</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·lîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw out, down, away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with an</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">object,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/35-22.htm">OT Law: Numbers 35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/35-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 35:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 35:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/35-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 35:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 35:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>