Numbers 35
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Numbers 35:16-22

16‘But if he struck his victim down [intentionally] with an iron object so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

17If he struck his victim down [intentionally] with a stone in hand, which may cause a person to die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

18Or if he struck his victim down [intentionally] with a wooden object in hand, which may cause a person to die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

19The blood avenger shall himself put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.

20But if he pushed his victim out of hatred or threw something at him with malicious intent, and he died,

21or if, in enmity, he struck the victim down with his hand, and he died, the one that struck the victim shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer. The blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

22‘But if he pushed the victim suddenly, not in enmity, or threw anything at him without malicious intent,

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