20 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him, 21 or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him. 22 But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
Numbers 35:20–22
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Numbers 35:15–17
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