Verse 5

as when a man goeth{H935} into the forest{H3293} with his neighbor{H7453} to hew{H2404} wood,{H6086} and his hand{H3027} fetcheth a stroke{H5080} with the axe{H1631} to cut down{H3772} the tree,{H6086} and the head{H1270} slippeth{H5394} from the helve,{H6086} and lighteth{H4672} upon his neighbor,{H7453} so that he dieth;{H4191} he shall flee{H5127} unto one{H259} of these cities{H5892} and live:{H2425}

Referenced Verses

• Num 35:25 : 25 and the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337} the manslayer{H7523} out of the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725} him to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he was fled:{H5127} and he shall dwell{H3427} therein until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest,{H3548} who was anointed{H4886} with the holy{H6944} oil.{H8081}
• 2 Kgs 6:5-7 : 5 But as one{H259} was felling{H5307} a beam,{H6982} the axe-head{H1270} fell{H5307} into the water;{H4325} and he cried,{H6817} and said,{H559} Alas,{H162} my master!{H113} for it was borrowed.{H7592} 6 And the man{H376} of God{H430} said,{H559} Where{H575} fell{H5307} it? And he showed{H7200} him the place.{H4725} And he cut down{H7094} a stick,{H6086} and cast{H7993} it in thither, and made the iron{H1270} to swim.{H6687} 7 And he said,{H559} Take it up{H7311} to thee. So he put out{H7971} his hand,{H3027} and took{H3947} it.
• Prov 27:12 : 12 A prudent{H6175} man seeth{H7200} the evil,{H7451} [and] hideth{H5641} himself; [But] the simple{H6612} pass on,{H5674} [and] suffer{H6064} for it.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man{H376} shall be as a hiding-place{H4224} from the wind,{H7307} and a covert{H5643} from the tempest,{H2230} as streams{H6388} of water{H4325} in a dry place,{H6724} as the shade{H6738} of a great{H3515} rock{H5553} in a weary{H5889} land.{H776}