Deu 19:4-6 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live : when he kills his friend unintentionally , not hating him previously

Deuteronomy 19:4-6

4 ^a“Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he ^{▼▼ Lit smites}kills his friend ^{▼▼ Lit without knowledge}unintentionally, ^{▼▼ Lit and he was not hating him previously}not hating him previously— 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand ^{▼▼ Lit is thrust with}swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the ^{▼▼ Lit wood}handle and ^{▼▼ Lit finds}strikes his friend so that he dies— he may flee to one of these cities and live; 6 otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer ^{▼▼ Lit while his heart is hot}in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and ^{▼▼ Lit smite him in the soul}take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.