Numbers 35:17 meaning and explanation
Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:17, Berean Standard Bible
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God is instructing Moses on the plains of Moab about the cities of refuge, where someone who kills unintentionally may flee from the avenger of blood and stand trial. Verse 17 belongs to a short list of cases where the weapon itself shows intent: an iron object, a deadly stone, or a deadly wooden object.
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