Deuteronomy 19:5

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 

Nu 35:25; 2Ki 6:5-7; Pr 27:12; Isa 32:2

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.”