Deuteronomy 19:5

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 

[19:5]  ¹ tn Heb “his neighbor” (so NAB, NIV); NASB “his friend.”

[19:5]  ² tn Heb “and he raises his hand with the iron.”

[19:5]  ³ tn Heb “the iron slips off.”

[19:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “finds.”

[19:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “his neighbor.”

[19:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the person responsible for his friend’s death) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and live.”