Deuteronomy 21 – search, read, and compare multiple versions of the Bible
World English Bible Classic
[1] If someone is found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him, [2] then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain. [3] It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke. [4] The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. [5] The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided. [6] All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. [7] They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. [8] Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them. [9] So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes. [10] When you go out to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive, [11] and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife, [12] then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails. [13] She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. [14] It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her. [15] If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated, [16] then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn; [17] but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his. [18] If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them, [19] then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place. [20] They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” [21] All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear. [22] If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, [23] his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
King James Version
[1] If one be found H4672 (NiphImpf) slain H2491 in the land H127 which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) thee to possess H3423 (QalInf) it, lying H5307 (QalActPtc) in the field, H7704 and it be not known H3045 (NiphPerf) who hath slain H5221 (HiphPerf) him: [2] then thy elders H2205 and thy judges H8199 (QalActPtc) shall come forth, H3318 (QalPerf) and they shall measure H4058 (QalPerf) unto the cities H5892 which are round about H5439 him that is slain: H2491 [3] and it shall be, that the city H5892 which is next H7138 unto the slain man, H2491 even the elders H2205 of that city H5892 shall take H3947 (QalPerf) an heifer, H1241 which hath not been wrought with, H5647 (PualPerf) and which hath not drawn H4900 (QalPerf) in the yoke; H5923 [4] and the elders H2205 of that city H5892 shall bring down H3381 (HiphPerf) the heifer H5697 unto a rough H386 valley, H5158 which is neither eared H5647 (NiphImpf) nor sown, H2232 (NiphImpf) and shall strike off H6202 the heifer’s H5697 neck H6202 (QalPerf) there in the valley: H5158 [5] and the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 shall come near; H5066 (NiphPerf) for them the Lord H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 (QalPerf) to minister H8334 (PielInf) unto him, and to bless H1288 (PielInf) in the name H8034 of the Lord; H3068 and by their word H6310§ shall every controversy H7379 and every stroke H5061 be tried: [6] and all the elders H2205 of that city, H5892 that are next H7138 unto the slain H2491 man, shall wash H7364 (QalImpf) their hands H3027 over the heifer H5697 that is beheaded H6202 (QalPasPtc) in the valley: H5158 [7] and they shall answer H6030 (QalPerf) and say, H559 (QalPerf) Our hands H3027 have not shed H8210 (QalPerf) this blood, H1818 neither have our eyes H5869 seen H7200 (QalPerf) it. [8] Be merciful, H3722 (PielImpv) O Lord, H3068 unto thy people H5971§ Israel, H3478 whom thou hast redeemed, H6299 (QalPerf) and lay H5414 (QalImpf) not innocent H5355 blood H1818 unto thy people H5971 of Israel’s H3478 charge. H7130 And the blood H1818 shall be forgiven H3722 (HithPerf) them. [9] So shalt thou put away H1197 (PielImpf) the guilt of innocent H5355 blood H1818 from among H7130 you, when thou shalt do H6213 (QalImpf) that which is right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the Lord. H3068 [10] When thou goest forth H3318 (QalImpf) to war H4421 against thine enemies, H341 (QalActPtc) and the Lord H3068 thy God H430 hath delivered H5414 (QalPerf) them into thine hands, H3027 and thou hast taken H7617 (QalPerf) them captive, H7628 [11] and seest H7200 (QalPerf) among the captives H7633 a beautiful H8389 woman, H802 and hast a desire H2836 (QalPerf) unto her, that thou wouldest have her H3947 (QalPerf) to thy wife; H802 [12] then thou shalt bring H935 (HiphPerf) her home H8432 to thine house; H1004 and she shall shave H1548 (PielPerf) her head, H7218 and pare H6213 (QalPerf)§ her nails; H6856 [13] and she shall put H5493 (HiphPerf) the raiment H8071 of her captivity H7628 from off her, and shall remain H3427 (QalPerf) in thine house, H1004 and bewail H1058 (QalPerf) her father H1 and her mother H517 a full H3117 month: H3391 and after H310 that thou shalt go H935 (QalImpf) in unto her, and be her husband, H1166 (QalPerf) and she shall be thy wife. H802 [14] And it shall be, if thou have no delight H2654 (QalPerf) in her, then thou shalt let her go H7971 (PielPerf) whither she will; H5315 but thou shalt not sell H4376 (QalImpf) her at all H4376 (QalInf) for money, H3701 thou shalt not make merchandise H6014 (HithImpf) of her, because H834 thou hast humbled H6031 (PielPerf) her.
Other Statutes
[15] If a man H376 have two H8147 wives, H802 one H259 beloved, H157 (QalPasPtc) and another H259 hated, H8130 (QalPasPtc) and they have born H3205 (QalPerf) him children, H1121 both the beloved H157 (QalPasPtc) and the hated; H8130 (QalPasPtc) and if the firstborn H1060 son H1121 be her’s that was hated: H8146 [16] then it shall be, when H3117 he maketh his sons H1121 to inherit H5157 (HiphInf) that which he hath, that he may H3201 (QalImpf) not make the son H1121 of the beloved H157 (QalPasPtc) firstborn H1069 (PielInf) before H6440 the son H1121 of the hated, H8130 (QalPasPtc) which is indeed the firstborn: H1060 [17] but he shall acknowledge H5234 (HiphImpf) the son H1121 of the hated H8130 (QalPasPtc) for the firstborn, H1060 by giving H5414 (QalInf) him a double H8147 portion H6310 of all that he hath: H4672 (NiphImpf)§ for he is the beginning H7225 of his strength; H202 the right H4941 of the firstborn H1062 is his. [18] If a man H376 have a stubborn H5637 (QalActPtc) and rebellious H4784 (QalActPtc) son, H1121 which will not obey H8085 (QalActPtc) the voice H6963 of his father, H1 or the voice H6963 of his mother, H517 and that, when they have chastened H3256 (PielPerf) him, will not hearken H8085 (QalImpf) unto them: [19] then shall his father H1 and his mother H517 lay hold H8610 (QalPerf) on him, and bring him out H3318 (HiphPerf) unto the elders H2205 of his city, H5892 and unto the gate H8179 of his place; H4725 [20] and they shall say H559 (QalPerf) unto the elders H2205 of his city, H5892 This our son H1121 is stubborn H5637 (QalActPtc) and rebellious, H4784 (QalActPtc) he will not obey H8085 (QalActPtc) our voice; H6963 he is a glutton, H2151 (QalActPtc) and a drunkard. H5433 (QalActPtc) [21] And all the men H582 of his city H5892 shall stone H7275 (QalPerf) him with stones, H68 that he die: H4191 (QalPerf) so shalt thou put H1197 evil H7451 away H1197 (PielPerf) from among H7130 you; and all Israel H3478 shall hear, H8085 (QalImpf) and fear. H3372 (QalImpf) [22] And if a man H376 have committed a sin H2399 worthy of H4941 death, H4194 and he be to be put to death, H4191 (HophPerf) and thou hang H8518 (QalPerf) him on a tree: H6086 [23] his body H5038 shall not remain all night H3885 (QalImpf) upon the tree, H6086 but thou shalt in any wise H6912 (QalInf) bury H6912 (QalImpf) him that day; H3117 (for he that is hanged H8518 (QalPasPtc) is accursed H7045 of God;§) H430 that thy land H127 be not defiled, H2930 (PielImpf) which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) thee for an inheritance. H5159Footnotes
- § 21:5 Heb. mouth
- § 21:8 Heb. in the midst
- § 21:12 Or, suffer to grow. Heb. make or dress
- § 21:17 Heb. that is found with him
- § 21:23 Heb. the curse of God
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