Numbers 35:17
“And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And if he smite him with throwing a stone,.... "Or with a stone of the hand" (q), which the Jews interpret of a stone so…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Numbers 35:16-25
The sense is: Inasmuch as to take another man’s life by any means whatsoever is murder, and exposes the murderer to the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a stone in the hand i.e. a stone held in the hand; cf. Num 35:35; Eze 39:9 (E.VV. -handstaves").