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Numbers 35:16-25 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

16. “If you use an iron weapon to kill someone, you are a murderer, and you must die.

17. If you use a rock large enough to kill someone and you kill another person, you are a murderer, and you must die.

18. If you use a piece of wood large enough to kill someone and you kill another person, you are a murderer, and you must die.

19. A member of the dead person’s family can chase you and kill you.

20-21. “You might hit someone with your hand or push someone or throw something at them and kill them. If you did that from hate, you are a murderer, and you must be killed. A member of the dead person’s family can chase you and kill you.

22. “You might accidentally kill someone, maybe by pushing or by accidentally hitting them with a tool or weapon.

23. Perhaps you threw a rock that was large enough to kill, but it hit someone you didn’t see and killed them. You didn’t plan to kill anyone. You didn’t hate the person you killed—it was only an accident.

24. If that happens, the community must decide what to do. The court must decide if a member of the dead person’s family can kill you.

25. If the community decides to protect you from the dead person’s family, the community must take you back to your city of safety. You must stay there until the official high priest dies.

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