Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue [a]him [b]in the heat of his anger, and overtake him because the way is long, and [c]take his life, though he was not sentenced to death since he had not hated him previously.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit the one who committed manslaughter
  2. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit while his heart is hot
  3. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit strike him in the soul

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