Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But to have gone with him to the wood to hew wood, and in cutting down the tree the axe slipped out of his hand, and the iron slipping from the handle struck his friend, and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities aforesaid, and live: head [heb] iron 2 Kings 6:5-7 And it happened, as one was felling some timber, that the head of the ax fell into the water: and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same was borrowed. . . . helve [heb] wood Numbers 35:25 The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil. Proverbs 27:12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses. Isaiah 32:2 And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land. Context Cities of Refuge…4This shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth, whose life is to be saved: He that killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and who is proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before: 5But to have gone with him to the wood to hew wood, and in cutting down the tree the axe slipped out of his hand, and the iron slipping from the handle struck his friend, and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities aforesaid, and live:6Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue, and apprehend him, if the way be too long, and take away the life of him who is not guilty of death, because he is proved to have had no hatred before against him that was slain.… Cross References Deuteronomy 19:4 This shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth, whose life is to be saved: He that killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and who is proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before: Deuteronomy 19:6 Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue, and apprehend him, if the way be too long, and take away the life of him who is not guilty of death, because he is proved to have had no hatred before against him that was slain. Lexicon Ifוַאֲשֶׁר֩ (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he goes יָבֹ֨א (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go into the forest בַיַּעַר֮ (ḇay·ya·‘ar) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb with אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among his neighbor רֵעֵ֥הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow to cut לַחְטֹ֣ב (laḥ·ṭōḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 2404: To cut or gather wood timber עֵצִים֒ (‘ê·ṣîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood and swings וְנִדְּחָ֨ה (wə·nid·də·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5080: To impel, thrust, banish his ax בַגַּרְזֶן֙ (ḇag·gar·zen) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1631: An axe to chop down לִכְרֹ֣ת (liḵ·rōṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant a tree, הָעֵ֔ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood but the blade flies off וְנָשַׁ֤ל (wə·nā·šal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5394: To slip or drop off, draw off, clear away the handle הָעֵ֔ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood and strikes וּמָצָ֥א (ū·mā·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present and kills וָמֵ֑ת (wā·mêṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill his neighbor, רֵעֵ֖הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow he ה֗וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are may flee יָנ֛וּס (yā·nūs) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to one אַחַ֥ת (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first of these הָאֵ֖לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those cities הֶעָרִים־ (he·‘ā·rîm-) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement to save his life. וָחָֽי׃ (wā·ḥāy) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2425: To live, to revive Additional Translations If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his ax to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.As when a man goes into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the helve, and lights on his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee to one of those cities, and live: as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor 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 neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live: And whosoever shall enter with his neighbour into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbour, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live. as when he 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 iron slippeth from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; such an one shall flee unto one of these cities, and live; as when a man goeth into the forest 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 these cities and live: As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand maketh a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and falleth upon his neighbor, that he dieth: he shall flee to one of these cities, and live: as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live: even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived, Jump to Previous Ax Axe Chop Cities Cut Die Dies Dieth Hand Handle Head Hew Lights Maketh Neighbor Slippeth Slips Stroke Tree WoodJump to Next Ax Axe Chop Cities Cut Die Dies Dieth Hand Handle Head Hew Lights Maketh Neighbor Slippeth Slips Stroke Tree WoodLinks Deuteronomy 19:5 NIVDeuteronomy 19:5 NLT Deuteronomy 19:5 ESV Deuteronomy 19:5 NASB Deuteronomy 19:5 KJV Deuteronomy 19:5 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 19:5 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 19:5 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 19:5 French Bible Deuteronomy 19:5 German Bible Alphabetical: a and as ax axe cities cut dies-he down fell flee fly For forest friend go goes hand handle he head him his hit instance into iron kill life live man may neighbor of off one save slips so strikes swings That the these to tree when with wood OT Law: Deuteronomy 19:5 As when a man goes into (Deut. 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