John Gill Commentary Numbers 35:20

"And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died," — Numbers 35:20 (ASV)

But if he thrust him of hatred
Or, "and if" ^F18 , 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 refuge; if he thrusts him with a sword or knife, or rather, since, if anything of that kind is included in the first instance of smiting with an instrument of iron, push him down from an high place, as Aben Ezra; so the men of Nazareth intended to have dispatched Christ in that way, (Luke 4:29)

or hurl at him by lying in wait, that he die ;
as a bowing wall, as the same writer instances in, push down that upon him as he passes along, lying in wait for him; or throws anything at him, with an intention to kill, and does; or casts down anything upon him, a large stone, or anything else, by which he dies.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F18: (Maw) "et si", Pagninus, Montanus.