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Deuteronomy 19:5-7
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 19:5-7
New English Translation
5 Suppose he goes with someone else[a] to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax[b] to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose[c] from the handle and strikes[d] his fellow worker[e] so hard that he dies. The person responsible[f] may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.[g] 6 Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him,[h] and kill him,[i] though this is not a capital case[j] since he did not hate him at the time of the accident. 7 Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
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- Deuteronomy 19:5 tn Heb “his neighbor” (so NAB, NIV); NASB “his friend.”
- Deuteronomy 19:5 tn Heb “and he raises his hand with the iron.”
- Deuteronomy 19:5 tn Heb “the iron slips off.”
- Deuteronomy 19:5 tn Heb “finds.”
- Deuteronomy 19:5 tn Heb “his neighbor.”
- Deuteronomy 19:5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the person responsible for his friend’s death) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Deuteronomy 19:5 tn Heb “and live.”
- Deuteronomy 19:6 tn Heb “and overtake him, for the road is long.”
- Deuteronomy 19:6 tn Heb “smite with respect to life,” that is, fatally.
- Deuteronomy 19:6 tn Heb “no judgment of death.”
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