Numbers 35:16 meaning and explanation
If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:16, Berean Standard Bible
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In context, God is instructing Moses on the plains of Moab about the cities of refuge Israel must set up once they enter Canaan. Verses 16 to 18 give the first test for distinguishing murder from accidental killing: an iron object, a deadly stone, or a deadly wooden object used to strike and kill someone.
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