Deuteronomy 4:42

Context
4:42 Anyone who accidentally killed someone¹ without hating him at the time of the accident² could flee to one of those cities and be safe.

Deuteronomy 5:24

Context
5:24 You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory³ and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us⁴ that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

Deuteronomy 19:4-5

Context
19:4 Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live,⁵ if he has accidentally killed another⁶ without hating him at the time of the accident.⁷ 19:5 Suppose he goes with someone else⁸ to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax⁹ to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose¹⁰ from the handle and strikes¹¹ his fellow worker¹² so hard that he dies. The person responsible¹³ may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.¹⁴

[4:42] ¹tn Heb “the slayer who slew his neighbor without knowledge.”

[4:42] ²tn Heb “yesterday and a third (day).” The point is that there was no animosity between the two parties at the time of the accident and therefore no motive for the killing.

[5:24] ³tn Heb “his glory and his greatness.”

[5:24] ⁴tn Heb “this day we have seen.”

[19:4] ⁵tn Heb “and this is the word pertaining to the one who kills who flees there and lives.”

[19:4] ⁶tn Heb “who strikes his neighbor without knowledge.”

[19:4] ⁷tn Heb “yesterday and a third (day)” (likewise in v. 6). The point is that there was no animosity between the two parties at the time of the accident and therefore no motive for the killing. Cf. NAB “had previously borne no malice”; NRSV “had not been at enmity before.”

[19:5] ⁷tn Heb “his neighbor” (so NAB, NIV); NASB “his friend.”

[19:5] ⁸tn Heb “and he raises his hand with the iron.”

[19:5] ⁹tn Heb “the iron slips off.”

[19:5] ¹⁰tn Heb “finds.”

[19:5] ¹¹tn Heb “his neighbor.”

[19:5] ¹²tn Heb “he”; the referent (the person responsible for his friend’s death) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:5] ¹³tn Heb “and live.”