Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 19:5 
Context19:5 Suppose he goes with someone else 1 to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax 2 to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose 3 from the handle and strikes 4 his fellow worker 5 so hard that he dies. The person responsible 6 may then flee to one of these cities to save himself. 7
1 tn Heb “his neighbor” (so NAB, NIV); NASB “his friend.”
2 tn Heb “and he raises his hand with the iron.”
3 tn Heb “the iron slips off.”
4 tn Heb “finds.”
5 tn Heb “his neighbor.”
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the person responsible for his friend’s death) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “and live.”
