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"^(C1)Now this is the case of the one who commits manslaughter, who may flee there and live: when he ^(F1)kills his friend ^(F2)unintentionally, ^(F3)not hating him previously—

as when a person goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand ^(F1)swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the ^(F2)handle and ^(F3)strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live.

"Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue ^(F1)him ^(F2)in the heat of his anger, and overtake him because the way is long, and ^(F3)take his life, though he was not sentenced to death since he had not hated him previously.