22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail 2 around your roof to avoid being culpable 3 in the event someone should fall from it.
1 tn Heb “your brother.”
2 tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”
3 tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”