Numbers 35:16 Cross References

Numbers 35:16

16: " `But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it must be presumed to be murder, and the murderer must be executed.

" `All murderers must be executed, but only if there is more than one witness. No one may be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.
And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing the slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.
This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no atonement can be made for murder except by the execution of the murderer.

And murder is forbidden. Animals that kill people must die, and any person who murders must be killed.
Yes, you must execute anyone who murders another person, for to kill a person is to kill a living being made in God's image.

"Anyone who hits a person hard enough to cause death must be put to death.
But if it is an accident and God allows it to happen, I will appoint a place where the slayer can run for safety.
However, if someone deliberately attacks and kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and put to death.

"But suppose someone hates a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders that neighbor and then escapes to one of the cities of refuge.
In that case, the leaders of the murderer's hometown must have the murderer brought back from the city of refuge and handed over to the dead person's avenger to be killed.
Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge the guilt of murder from Israel so all may go well with you.

" `But suppose someone pushes another person without premeditated hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,
or accidentally drops a stone on someone, though they were not enemies, and the person dies.
If this should happen, the assembly must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim's nearest relative.

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