Old Testament > The Law > Accidental
Death
Numbers 35:11
'You must designate certain cities of refuge to which someone
who has killed someone else by accident may flee.'
Numbers 35:16
'But if the man struck someone with an iron object so that he
dies...'
Numbers 35:16
'...he is a murderer and must be be put to death.'
Numbers 35:19
'The victim's nearest relative must put the murderer to
death.'
Numbers 35:17
'If he had a stone in his hand that could kill, and he struck
someone so that he dies...'
Numbers 35:17
'...he is a murderer and must be be put to death.'
Numbers 35:18
'If he had a wooden object in his hand that could kill, and he
struck someone so that he dies...'
Numbers 35:18
'...he is a murderer and must be be put to death.'
Numbers 35:20
'If he thrust at him in hatred, or lay in waiting and threw
something at him so that he dies...'
Numbers 35:21
'...or in hostility delivered him a death-blow with his
fist...'
Numbers 35:21
'...he is a murderer and the victim's nearest relative must put
him to death.'
Numbers 35:22
'But if without hostility, he threw something at him
unintentionally...'
Numbers 35:23
'...or without seeing him, dropped a stone on him that could
kill him, and he dies...'
Numbers 35:23-24
'...as long as he bore him no malice and wished him no harm, the
community must protect the killer from the victim's nearest
relative by sending him to the city of refuge.'
Numbers 35:26-27
'But should the killer leave the bounds of the city, and the
victim's nearest relative encounter him outside the city...'
Numbers 35:27
'...the victim's nearest relative may kill him and will not be
guilty of murder.'
