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## This is the law ##
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AT: "These are the instructions" or "These are the directions"
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## for the one who kills another ##
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"for a person who kills another person"
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## and who flees there ##
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"and who escapes to one of these cities" or "and who runs to one of these cities"
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## to live ##
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It is implied that the family of the man who died will try to get revenge and kill the man who accidentally killed his neighbor. AT: "so the family of the man who died does not kill him to get revenge" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## whoever kills his neighbor unawares ##
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AT: "any person who kills another person by accident" or "any person who kills another person unintentionally"
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## did not previously hate him ##
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Implies there was no cause for him killing his neighbor intentionally. AT: "did not hate his neighbor before"
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## as when a man goes into the forest...to cut wood ##
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The author gives a hypothetical situation of an unintentional killing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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## the head slips from the haft ##
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The iron part of the ax comes off the handle.
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## strikes his neighbor so that he dies ##
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The head of the ax hits the neighbor, killing him.
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