Deuteronomy 22:8

22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail20 around your roof to avoid being culpable21 in the event someone should fall from it.

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20	tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”
21	tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”