Numbers 35:21
“Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die,.... Give him a blow with his fist, on some part of his body where…
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.