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Two woodcutters walk through a forest, one carrying wood and the other an axe held down at his side.
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Deuteronomy 19:5

The Axe Head Slips

Prepare Refuge and Inquire Thoroughly · Deuteronomy 19

Story guide: Neighbors entering a forest with an axe introduce the law’s example of an accidental death while cutting wood.

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5But if a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he may flee to one of these cities and live.

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