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Numbers 35:16

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35:16“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies,11 he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

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  1. 11 the verb is the preterite of “die.” The sentence has: “if … he strikes him and he dies.” The vav (ו) consecutive is showing the natural result of the blow.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘If anyone strikes someone a fatal blow with an iron object, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“If anyone strikes a person with an iron object and death results, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murderer must be executed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘But if he hit him with an object of iron, so that he dies, the killer must surely be put to death.

KJV 1900King James Version

And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.