I think your reading of Num 35 is very very forced. If the author
went through the trouble of differentiating iron from wood or stone,
and metal weapons were generally available also in bronze, it
would have been appropriate to add a listing for bronze. The fact
that you must take this interpretation to sustain your view really
speaks for the strength of the argument. However, your
interpretation, even if in my opinion very very forced, does address
the questions I brought upon the verse (and others like it).
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