Verse 5
Deuteronomy 21:5
Free Bible Version
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“We had nothing to do with this murder, and we didn't see who did it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נִגְּשׁ֣וּ הַ/כֹּהֲנִים֮ בְּנֵ֣י לֵוִי֒ כִּ֣י בָ֗/ם בָּחַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ לְ/שָׁ֣רְת֔/וֹ וּ/לְ/בָרֵ֖ךְ בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וְ/עַל פִּי/הֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל רִ֥יב וְ/כָל נָֽגַע
English Translation
And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve Him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word shall be every dispute and every plague.
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Someone may be found murdered, lying in a field in the country that the Lord your God (Elohim) is gi...
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2
Take the cow to a valley that has a stream running through it and whose ground has never been plowed...
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3
The Levitical priests must be there too, because the Lord your God (Elohim) has chosen them to serve...
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4
Then all the elders of the town nearest the body are to wash their hands in the stream over the dead...
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5
“We had nothing to do with this murder, and we didn't see who did it.
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Lord, please forgive your people Israel who you rescued, and do not hold them guilty of shedding of...
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7
This is how you are to remove from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have d...
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8
When you go to war with your enemies and the Lord your God (Elohim) hands them over to you in defeat...
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9
Take her home and have her shave her head, cut her nails,
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10
and get rid of the clothes she was wearing when she was captured. After she has lived in your home a...
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11
However, if you are not happy with her, you must let her leave and go wherever she wants. You are no...
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12
If a man has two wives, one he loves and one he doesn't, and both have sons by him, but the firstbor...
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13
when the time comes for the man to decide what each son will inherit from him, he must not prefer th...
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14
No. He is to recognize the firstborn, the son of the wife he doesn't love through the usual custom o...
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15
If someone has an obstinate and rebellious son who doesn't obey his parents and doesn't obey them ev...
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16
his parents must take him to the town elders, to the court in his hometown,
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17
and tell them, “Our son is obstinate and rebellious, He doesn't obey us. He's a worthless drunk!”
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18
Then all the men of his home town will stone him to death. You must eliminate the evil from among yo...
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19
If someone commits a crime punishable by death, and the person is executed by hanging on a tree,
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20
don't leave the body hanging there overnight. Make sure you bury the body the same day, because anyo...
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