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Numbers 35:17

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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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  1. Numbers 35:15

    These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

  2. Numbers 35:16

    And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

  3. 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.

  4. Numbers 35:19

    The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.