Numbers 35:16-18

International Standard Version

Exceptions to Eligibility

¹⁶ “Whoever uses an iron implement to kill someone is to be adjudged^[a] a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death. ¹⁷ Furthermore, whoever uses a stone implement to kill someone is to be adjudged^[b] a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death. ¹⁸ Also, whoever uses a wooden implement to kill someone with it is to be adjudged^[c] a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death.