Numbers 35:16

American Standard Version (1901)

But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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  • Lev 24:17 : 17 And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
  • Num 35:22-24 : 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; 24 then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
  • Num 35:30-33 : 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. 32 And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
  • Deut 19:11-13 : 11 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities; 12 then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 35:17-24
    8 verses
    93%

    17And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

    20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

    21or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

    22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

    23or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

    24then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

  • Exod 21:12-20
    9 verses
    84%

    12He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

    13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

    14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

    15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

    16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

    17And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

    18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

    19if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

    20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

  • Lev 24:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name [of Jehovah], shall be put to death.

    17And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

    18And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    79%

    30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

    31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 19:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;

    12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • Deut 19:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor 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 neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

    6lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

  • Num 15:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

    36And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  • Num 35:15
    73%

    15For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

  • Deut 13:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    10And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Num 35:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

    12And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.

  • Num 35:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth,

    27and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones.

    6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

    7The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

  • Exod 22:2
    72%

    2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

    10And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • Josh 20:5
    71%

    5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime.

  • Exod 21:23
    71%

    23But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

  • Exod 35:2
    71%

    2Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

  • Deut 5:17
    70%

    17Thou shalt not kill.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

    22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

  • Matt 5:21
    70%

    21Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

  • Exod 21:29
    70%

    29But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.