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[5] as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies -- he may flee to one of these cities and save his life;
[5] as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies -- he may flee to one of these cities and save his life;
[6] lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and wound him mortally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he was not at enmity with his neighbor in time past.
[6] <u>lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and wound him mortally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he was not at enmity with his neighbor in time past.</u>
[7] Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
[7] Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
[8] And if the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers --
[8] And if the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers --
[19] then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.
[19] then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.
[20] And the rest shall hear, and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.
[20] And the rest shall hear, and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.
[21] Your eye shall not pity; it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
[21] Your eye shall not pity; it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
==Chapter .20==
==Chapter .20==
