Numbers 35:18

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¹⁸Or if any of you picks up a piece of wood as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.

Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

Or if anyone is holding a wooden object and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.

If anyone has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

Or if someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.

Or if he hit him with a wooden object, by which he will die, and he does die, he is a killer; the killer must surely be put to death.

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.

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