Numbers 35:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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  • Lev 24:17 : 17 And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.
  • Num 35:22-24 : 22 But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait, 23 Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm: 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
  • Num 35:30-33 : 30 Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death. 32 And you shall take no ransom for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
  • Deut 19:11-13 : 11 But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities; 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die. 13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man. 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. 13 However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee. 14 But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 35:17-24
    8 verses
    93%

    17And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

    20But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    21Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

    22But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait,

    23Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:

    24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:

  • Exod 21:12-20
    9 verses
    84%

    12He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

    13However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

    14But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

    15And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

    16He who kidnaps a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

    17And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

    18If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

    19if he rises again and walks outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing.

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

  • Lev 24:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16And he who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the stranger as well as the one born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

    18And he who kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    79%

    30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

    31Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 19:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities;

    12Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

  • Deut 19:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5As when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to one of those 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 kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Num 15:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.

    36And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 35:15
    73%

    15These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the traveler among them: that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

  • Deut 13:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    10And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Num 35:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.

    12And they shall be for you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

  • Num 35:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled;

    27And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die.

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses, he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; but he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

    7The hands of the witnesses shall be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.

  • Exod 22:2
    72%

    2If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodshed for him.

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

    10And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits 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 pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor unintentionally and did not hate him beforehand.

  • Exod 21:23
    71%

    23But if any harm follows, then you shall 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 rest to the LORD: whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

  • Deut 5:17
    70%

    17You shall not kill.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

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

  • Matt 5:21
    70%

    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:

  • Exod 21:29
    70%

    29But if the ox was known to gore in time past, and its owner has been warned, and he has not kept it in, and it kills a man or woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.