5 Mosebok 19:5

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5 som når en går med sin næste ut i skogen for å hugge tømmer og han hugger til med øksen for å felle et tre, men øksen farer av skaftet og treffer hans næste, så han dør, da kan han fly til en av disse byer og berge livet.


Commentary on this verse  

By Alexander Payne

Verse 5. As when one who is principled in good disputes concerning good and truths from his religious tenets, and his powers are directed to destroy some principle which he believes to be false by enforcing the tenets he believes to be true, and in his effort truth and good become separated with him, and he destroys the charity with which he is associated, he shall be kept in safety by the Lord and shall not thereby lose spiritual life (Arcana Coelestia 9011):