Numbers 35:18
“Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, 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
Or if he smote him with an hand weapon of wood,.... A stick, or staff, or club:
wherewith he may die, and he die;…
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, 1882–1921Numbers 35:16-23
Specimen cases of murder and accidental homicide respectively; cf. Exo 21:13 f.