Verse 1
Deuteronomy 21:1
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If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God (Elohim) giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי יִמָּצֵ֣א חָלָ֗ל בָּ/אֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜י/ךָ נֹתֵ֤ן לְ/ךָ֙ לְ/רִשְׁתָּ֔/הּ נֹפֵ֖ל בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֑ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע מִ֥י הִכָּֽה/וּ
English Translation
If a slain person is found in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, lying in the field, and it is not known who killed him.
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Chapter 21 Context
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If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God (Elohim) giveth thee to possess it, lying in...
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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 the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God (Elohim) hath chosen to m...
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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 Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to rem...
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So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is r...
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10
When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God (Elohim) delivereth them...
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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 thy 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 thy house, and bewa...
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And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but th...
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15
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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but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all...
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18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voic...
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then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city,...
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and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not...
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21
And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil fr...
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And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tr...
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his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for...
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