Numbers 35:17
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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And if he smite him with throwing a stone,.... "Or with a stone of the hand" (q), which the Jews interpret of a stone so big as to fill a man's hand, and so
wherewith he may die; at whom it is…
The sense is: Inasmuch as to take another man’s life by any means whatsoever is murder, and exposes the murderer to the penalty of retaliation; so, if the deed is done in hostility, it is in truth…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
a stone in the hand i.e. a stone held in the hand; cf. Num 35:35; Eze 39:9 (E.VV. -handstaves").