"as when [a man] goes to the woods with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies -- he shall flee to one of these cities and live;
Demagun, adibidez, norbait lagunarekin basora zuhaitzak botatzera joaten dela eta, zuhaitza mozteko aizkorakada ematean, burdinak girtenetik ihes egin eta, laguna parean harrapaturik, hil egiten duela; horrelakoak hiri haietako batera ihes egin dezake eta bizia salbatu.