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

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit while his heart is hot
  2. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit smite him in the soul