Snopes acknowledges that cats could “upon extremely rare instances accidentally cause a death” by smothering, but cats do not do it “with malice aforethought.”
If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
若是报血仇的追了他来,长老不可将他交在报血仇的手里,因为他是素无仇恨、无心杀了人的。
05 Deuteronomy 配乐圣经剧场版-NIV
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought.