As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
As when a man goeth {H935} into the wood {H3293} with his neighbour {H7453} to hew {H2404} wood {H6086}, and his hand {H3027} fetcheth a stroke {H5080} with the axe {H1631} to cut down {H3772} the tree {H6086}, and the head {H1270} slippeth {H5394} from the helve {H6086}, and lighteth {H4672} upon his neighbour {H7453}, that he die {H4191}; he shall flee {H5127} unto one {H259} of those cities {H5892}, and live {H2425}:
An example would be if a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood and takes a stroke with the axe to fell a tree, but the head of the axe flies off the handle, hits his neighbor and kills him. Then he is to flee to one of these cities and live there.
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:
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2 Kings 6:5
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. -
2 Kings 6:7
Therefore said he, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. -
Proverbs 27:12
¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished. -
Isaiah 32:2
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. -
Numbers 35:25
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.