Numbers 35:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And if he smite... — Better, And if he smote...

With throwing a stone. — Literally, with a stone of the handi.e., a stone held in the hand, whether thrown or used as the “weapon of wood” of Numbers 35:18.

And he die. — Better, and he died.

Numbers 35:17

17 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.