The meaning is: Since taking another person’s life by any means whatever is murder and exposes the murderer to the penalty of retaliation, if the d…

And if he smite ... — Better, And if he struck ...

With throwing a stone. —Literally, with a …

And if he smite him with throwing a stone
"Or with a stone of the hand" ^F17 , which the Jews interpret of…

To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide more effectively for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased,…