Números 35:23

23. Stone… cast it upon him Here is a case of anacoluthon, or want of grammatical sequence, in the Hebrew. The writer evidently begins the sentence with the word “smite” (Numbers 35:17) in his mind, and discovering its inappropriateness substitutes let fall, too strongly rendered in the English by cast it upon. The case of casual killing is more clearly illustrated in Deuteronomy 19:4-5.