With a stone, or with his fist. — Compare the difference made under English law between wounding with a sharp or a blunt …

And if men strive together. The punishment enacted here for wounds and blows is so slight that it might have served as an incitement to th…

And if men strive together
Quarrel and fight, and wrestle with and box one another:

and one smite…

God, who by His providence gives and maintains life, by His law protects it. A willful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provi…