Verse 5
Deuteronomy 21:5
English Revised Version
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and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God (Elohim) hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be:
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
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then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are ro...
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and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city sha...
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and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is n...
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and all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the...
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and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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Forgive, O LORD, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to remain...
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and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take h...
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then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
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and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and be...
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If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, bot...
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then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not...
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