Exodus 21:13

21:13 But if he does not do it with premeditation, ¹  but it happens by accident, ²  then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

Exodus 12:39

12:39 They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast – because they were thrust out ³  of Egypt and were not able to delay, they ⁴  could not prepare ⁵  food for themselves either.

[21:13]  ¹ tn Heb “if he does not lie in wait” (NASB similar).

[21:13]  ² tn Heb “and God brought into his hand.” The death is unintended, its circumstances outside human control.

[12:39]  ³ sn For the use of this word in developing the motif, see Exod 2:17, 22; 6:1; and 11:1.

[12:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “and also.”

[12:39]  ⁵ tn The verb is עָשׂוּ (’asu, “they made”); here, with a potential nuance, it is rendered “they could [not] prepare.”