The Meaning of Numbers 35:18 Explained

Numbers 35:18

KJV: 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.

YLT: Or with a wooden instrument in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

Darby: Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;

ASV: Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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What is the context of Numbers 35:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Numbers 35:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 35:16-34 - The Penalty For The Murderer

For murder the penalty was death, Numbers 35:30-31; but for accidental homicide there was freedom within the city limits until the death of the high priest, when all these refugees might return to their homes with impunity. The institution of the blood-avenger was almost a necessity in those lands of scattered population and without communal organization. Here, without destroying the practice, it has been placed under careful limitations. We are our brethren's keepers, and instead of passing on a slander, we should stand for them against those who have wrongfully maligned them.

What an exquisite promise is contained in Numbers 35:34! To think that Jehovah actually dwelled in the Holy Land! He dwells also in each assembly of His saints and in our hearts. See Ezekiel 48:35; Matthew 18:20; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3.

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Chapter Summary: Numbers 35

¹ Forty-eight cities for the Levites, with their suburbs, and measure thereof
⁶ Six of them are to be cities of refuge
⁹ The laws of murder and manslaughter
³¹ No satisfaction for murder

What do the individual words in Numbers 35:18 mean?

Or [if] with a weapon wooden hand which one could die by he strikes him and he does die [is] a murderer he surely shall be put to death the murderer

א֡וֹ בִּכְלִ֣י עֵֽץ־ יָד֩ אֲשֶׁר־ יָמ֨וּת בּ֥וֹ הִכָּ֛הוּ וַיָּמֹ֖ת רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא מ֥וֹת יוּמַ֖ת הָרֹצֵֽחַ

א֡וֹ	Or [if]
Parse: Conjunction Root: אֹו Sense: or, rather.
בִּכְלִ֣י	with a weapon
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כְּלִי Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
עֵֽץ־	wooden
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עֵץ Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
יָד֩	hand
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: יָד Sense: hand.
יָמ֨וּת	one could die
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
הִכָּ֛הוּ	he strikes him
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: נָכָה Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
וַיָּמֹ֖ת	and he does die
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
רֹצֵ֣חַֽ	[is] a murderer
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: רָצַח Sense: to murder, slay, kill.
מ֥וֹת	surely
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
יוּמַ֖ת	shall be put to death
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
הָרֹצֵֽחַ	the murderer
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: רָצַח Sense: to murder, slay, kill.

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