Numbers 35:18 meaning and explanation

If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:18, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses on the plains of Moab, giving Israel laws for life in Canaan. This verse belongs to a series of cases (iron, stone, wood) that define murder by the weapon and the blow.

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