Numbers 35:20
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
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Gill's Exposition
But if he thrust him of hatred,.... Or, "and if" (r), since the Scripture is still speaking of such that shall die for murder, though in another instance, without having the privilege of a city of…
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
thrust him i.e. pushed him, in such a way as to cause his death; e.g. over a cliff, or off the roof of a house.
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