Numbers 35:23

What does Numbers 35:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 35:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth <FI>it<Fi> to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he <FI>is<Fi> not his enemy, nor seeking his evil;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And enmity, he do any of these things,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

or [have smitten him] with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

Context

v.22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

v.23This passage

v.24then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

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