Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
If
one is found slain ,
lying
in
a
field
in
the
land
that
the LORD
your
God is giving you
to possess ,
and
it is not known who killed
him,
`When
one is found slain on
the ground
which
Jehovah
thy
God is giving to thee
to
possess it --
fallen
in
a
field
--
it
is not known who hath
smitten
him,
your
elders and judges must
come
out and measure
the
distance
from
the
victim
to
the neighboring
cities .
then
have
thine
elders and thy
judges gone
out and measured
unto
the cities which
`are'
round
about
the
slain
one,
Then
the elders of the
city nearest
the
victim
shall
take
a heifer that
has
never
been yoked
or
used
for
work
,
and
it
hath
been,
the city
which
`is'
near
unto
the
slain
one,
even
the
elders of that
city have
taken
a heifer of
the
herd,
which
hath
not
been wrought
with
, which
hath
not
drawn
in
the
yoke,
bring
the heifer to
a valley with
running
water
that
has
not been
plowed
or
sown, and break
its
neck
there by
the stream
.
and
the elders
of
that
city
have
brought
down
the
heifer unto
a hard
valley ,
which
is
not tilled
nor
sown, and have
beheaded
there the heifer
in
the
valley
.
And the priests, the
sons of Levi, shall
come forward,
for the
LORD
your
God
has
chosen
them to serve Him and pronounce
blessings
in His
name and to
give
a
ruling
in
every dispute
and case
of
assault.
`
And the priests, sons of Levi, have
come nigh
--
for on
them hath
Jehovah
thy
God
fixed
to serve Him ,
and to
bless
in the
name of
Jehovah,
and by
their
mouth
is
every strife,
and every
stroke
--
Then
all the elders of the
city nearest
the victim
shall
wash their hands by
the
stream
over the heifer whose
neck
has
been
broken
,
and
all the elders of that
city ,
who
are
near
unto
the slain
one,
do
wash their hands over the heifer which
is
beheaded
in
the
valley
,
and they shall
declare
, “
Our hands did
not shed this blood, nor
did
our eyes see
it.
and they have
answered
and
said
, Our hands have
not shed this blood, and
our eyes have
not
seen
--
Accept
this
atonement ,
O
LORD,
for Your
people Israel whom You
have
redeemed
, and do
not hold
the
shedding
of
innocent blood against
them.”
And the bloodshed
will
be
atoned
for.
receive
atonement for Thy
people Israel ,
whom Thou
hast
ransomed
, O
Jehovah,
and suffer
not innocent blood in
the
midst
of
Thy
people
Israel;
and the blood
hath
been
pardoned
to
them,
So
you
shall
purge
from
among
you
the guilt
of
shedding
innocent blood, since
you
have
done
what
is right in the eyes of the
LORD
.
and
thou
dost
put
away
the innocent blood out
of
thy
midst
, for
thou
dost
that
which
`
is '
right in the eyes of Jehovah
.
When you
go
to war
against your
enemies and the
LORD
your
God delivers
them into your
hand and you
take
them
captive,
`
When thou
goest
out
to battle
against thine
enemies ,
and Jehovah
thy
God hath
given
them into thy
hand ,
and thou
hast
taken
captive its
captivity
,
if
you
see
a beautiful
woman among
them
, and you
desire
her and want
to take
her
as
your
wife,
and
hast
seen
in
the
captivity
a woman of
fair
form
, and hast
delighted
in
her ,
and hast
taken
to thee
for
a
wife,
then you
shall
bring
her into
your
house.
She must
shave
her head, trim
her nails,
then thou
hast
brought
her in
unto
the
midst
of
thy
household,
and
she hath
shaved
her head, and
prepared
her nails,
and put
aside the clothing
of her captivity .
After
she
has
lived
in your
house a
full
month
and mourned
her father and mother, you
may
have
relations
with
her and be
her husband
, and she shall
be
your
wife .
and turned
aside the raiment
of her captivity from
off
her,
and
hath
dwelt
in thy
house ,
and bewailed
her father and her
mother a
month
of
days
, and
afterwards
thou
dost
go
in
unto
her and hast
married
her, and she hath
been
to
thee
for
a
wife :
And if you
are
not pleased
with
her, you
are
to
let
her go
wherever
she
wishes.
But
you
must
not sell her for money or
treat
her as
a
slave
, since
you
have
dishonored
her.
`
And it
hath
been
--
if thou
hast
not delighted
in
her, that
thou
hast
sent
her away
at
her
desire,
and
thou
dost
not at
all
sell her for money ;
thou
dost
not
tyrannize
over
her, because
that
thou
hast
humbled
her.
If
a man has
two wives, one beloved
and the other unloved
, and both
bear
him sons ,
but
the unloved
wife
has
the firstborn
son
,
`When
a man hath
two wives, the
one loved
and the other hated
, and they
have
borne
to
him sons (
the loved
one
and
the hated
one)
, and
the
first-born
son
hath
been
to
the
hated
one;
when
that
man
assigns
his inheritance
to
his sons he must
not appoint
the son of the beloved
wife
as
the firstborn
over
the son of the unloved
wife
.
then
it
hath
been,
in
the
day
of
his causing
his sons to
inherit
that
which
he hath,
he
is
not able
to
declare
first-born
the son of the loved
one,
in
the face
of
the son of the hated
one
--
the
first-born
.
Instead,
he
must
acknowledge
the firstborn
, the
son of his
unloved
wife
, by
giving
him a double portion of all that he
has.
For that
son
is the firstfruits
of his father’s
strength; the right of the firstborn
belongs
to
him
.
But
the first-born
, son of the
hated
one
, he
doth
acknowledge,
to
give
to
him a double portion of all that is
found
with
him,
for he
`
is '
the beginning
of his strength; to
him
`is'
the right of the first-born
.
If
a man has
a stubborn
and rebellious son
who
does
not obey
his father and mother and does
not listen
to
them when
disciplined,
`When
a man hath
a son
apostatizing
and rebellious --
he
is
not hearkening
to
the
voice
of
his father ,
and to
the
voice
of
his
mother ,
and they
have
chastised
him,
and
he
doth
not hearken
unto
them --
his father and mother are
to
lay
hold
of
him
and bring
him to
the elders of his city, to
the gate of his hometown
,
then
laid
hold
on
him
have
his father and his
mother ,
and they
have
brought
him out
unto
the elders of his city, and
unto
the gate of his place
,
and say
to
the elders, “This
son of
ours
is stubborn
and rebellious; he does
not
obey
us.
He
is a glutton and a
drunkard .”
and have
said
unto
the elders of
his
city
, Our
son --
this
one
--
is apostatizing
and rebellious; he is not
hearkening
to
our
voice
--
a glutton and drunkard ;
Then
all the men of his city will
stone
him to
death.
So
you
must
purge
the evil from
among
you
, and all Israel will
hear and be
afraid
.
and
all the men of his city have
stoned
him with
stones,
and
he
hath
died,
and
thou
hast
put
away
the evil out
of
thy
midst
, and all Israel do
hear and fear
.
If
a man has
committed
a sin worthy
of death, and he is
executed
, and you
hang
his
body
on a tree,
`And
when
there
is
in
a man a sin --
a
cause
of death, and he hath
been
put
to
death
, and thou
hast
hanged
him
on a tree,
you
must
not leave
the
body
on the tree overnight
, but
you
must
be
sure
to
bury him that day ,
because
anyone
who
is
hung
on
a tree
is under
God’s
curse.
You
must
not defile the
land
that
the
LORD
your
God is giving you
as
an inheritance.
his
corpse
doth
not remain
on the tree, for
thou
dost
certainly
bury him in
that day --
for
a thing
lightly
esteemed
of
God
`
is '
the
hanged
one
--
and
thou
dost
not defile thy
ground
which
Jehovah
thy
God is giving to
thee
--
an inheritance.
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