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Numbers 35:20

Numbers 35:20
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

But if he thrust him of hatred,.... Or, "and if" (r), since the Scripture is still speaking of such that shall die for…

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

thrust him i.e. pushed him, in such a way as to cause his death; e.g. over a cliff, or off the roof of a house.