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As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Un homme, par exemple, va couper du bois dans la forêt avec un autre homme; la hache en main, il s'élance pour abattre un arbre; le fer échappe du manche, atteint le compagnon de cet homme, et lui donne la mort. Alors il s'enfuira dans l'une de ces villes pour sauver sa vie,

KJV

As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Fuga Et Inventione

    λικῶς τόπον, παρ’ ὃν ζῆν συμβέβηκε τοῖς πᾶσι· καὶ γὰρ ἑτέρωθί φησιν· „ὃς ἂν φύγῃ ἐκεῖ, καὶ ζήσεται“ (Deut. 19,5). ἀλλ’ οὐ ζωὴ μέν ἐστιν αἰώνιος ἡ πρὸς τὸ ὂν καταφυγή, θάνατος δ’ ὁ ἀπὸ τούτου δρασμός; εἰ δέ τις ἐπιτίθεται, πάντως ἐκ προνοίας ἀδικεῖ, καὶ τὸ σὺν δόλῳ πραττόμενον ἑκο…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    rmo durus, ut in Deuteronomio: «Ferrumque lapsum de manubrio amicum percussit [Note: [Col. 0925] 7 Deut. XIX, 5.] ,» quod sermo durus indiscrete prolatus auditorem offendit. Ferrum, spiritualis fortitudo, ut in Ezechiele: «Et tu, sume tibi sartaginem ferream [Note: [Col. 09…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    a, vitia, ut in Deuteronomio: «In succisione lignorum securis fugerit * navim [Note: [Col. 0985] 26 Deut. XIX, 5.] ,» * id est, et correptorum vitiorum increpatio excesserit mensuram. Ligna, cogitationes invidae, ut in Exodo: Populus obtulit ligna Sethim [Note: [Col. 0985] 27…

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