Verse 18

If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:20 : 20 If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, and the servant dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
  • Exod 21:22 : 22 If men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman, causing her to give birth prematurely but there is no further injury, the offender must pay whatever the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
  • Num 35:16-24 : 16 But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death. 17 If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. 18 Or if someone strikes another with a wooden tool that could cause death, and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death. 20 If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies, 21 or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer. 22 But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally, 23 or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them, 24 then the assembly must judge between the one who caused the death and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
  • Deut 25:11 : 11 If two men fight with each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs him by his private parts,
  • 2 Sam 14:6 : 6 Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field, with no one there to separate them, and one of them struck the other and killed him.
  • Exod 2:13 : 13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrew men fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, 'Why are you striking your companion?'