Deuteronomy 21 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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 foundH4672(NiphImpf) slainH2491 in the landH127 which the LordH3068 thy GodH430 givethH5414(QalActPtc) thee to possessH3423(QalInf) it, lyingH5307(QalActPtc) in the field,H7704 [and] it be not knownH3045(NiphPerf) who hath slainH5221(HiphPerf) him: ^[2] Then thy eldersH2205 and thy judgesH8199(QalActPtc) shall come forth,H3318(QalPerf) and they shall measureH4058(QalPerf) unto the citiesH5892 which [are] round aboutH5439 him that is slain:H2491 ^[3] And it shall be, [that] the cityH5892 [which is] nextH7138 unto the slain man,H2491 even the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall takeH3947(QalPerf) an heifer,H1241 which hath not been wrought with,H5647(PualPerf) [and] which hath not drawnH4900(QalPerf) in the yoke;H5923 ^[4] And the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall bring downH3381(HiphPerf) the heiferH5697 unto a roughH386 valley,H5158 which is neither earedH5647(NiphImpf) nor sown,H2232(NiphImpf) and shall strike offH6202 the heifer’sH5697 neckH6202(QalPerf) there in the valley:H5158 ^[5] And the priestsH3548 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 shall come near;H5066(NiphPerf) for them the LordH3068 thy GodH430 hath chosenH977(QalPerf) to ministerH8334(PielInf) unto him, and to blessH1288(PielInf) in the nameH8034 of the Lord;H3068 and by their wordH6310 shall every controversyH7379 and every strokeH5061 be [tried]: ^[6] And all the eldersH2205 of that city,H5892 [that are] nextH7138 unto the slainH2491 [man], shall washH7364(QalImpf) their handsH3027 over the heiferH5697 that is beheadedH6202(QalPasPtc) in the valley:H5158 ^[7] And they shall answerH6030(QalPerf) and say,H559(QalPerf) Our handsH3027 have not shedH8210(QalPerf) this blood,H1818 neither have our eyesH5869 seenH7200(QalPerf) [it]. ^[8] Be merciful,H3722(PielImpv) O Lord,H3068 unto thy peopleH5971 Israel,H3478 whom thou hast redeemed,H6299(QalPerf) and layH5414(QalImpf) not innocentH5355 bloodH1818 unto thy peopleH5971 of Israel’sH3478 charge.H7130 And the bloodH1818 shall be forgivenH3722(HithPerf) them. ^[9] So shalt thou put awayH1197(PielImpf) the [guilt of] innocentH5355 bloodH1818 from amongH7130 you, when thou shalt doH6213(QalImpf) [that which is] rightH3477 in the sightH5869 of the Lord.H3068 ^[10] When thou goest forthH3318(QalImpf) to warH4421 against thine enemies,H341(QalActPtc) and the LordH3068 thy GodH430 hath deliveredH5414(QalPerf) them into thine hands,H3027 and thou hast takenH7617(QalPerf) them captive,H7628 ^[11] And seestH7200(QalPerf) among the captivesH7633 a beautifulH8389 woman,H802 and hast a desireH2836(QalPerf) unto her, that thou wouldest have herH3947(QalPerf) to thy wife;H802 ^[12] Then thou shalt bringH935(HiphPerf) her homeH8432 to thine house;H1004 and she shall shaveH1548(PielPerf) her head,H7218 and pareH6213(QalPerf) her nails;H6856 ^[13] And she shall putH5493(HiphPerf) the raimentH8071 of her captivityH7628 from off her, and shall remainH3427(QalPerf) in thine house,H1004 and bewailH1058(QalPerf) her fatherH1 and her motherH517 a fullH3117 month:H3391 and afterH310 that thou shalt goH935(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 delightH2654(QalPerf) in her, then thou shalt let her goH7971(PielPerf) whither she will;H5315 but thou shalt not sellH4376(QalImpf) her at allH4376(QalInf) for money,H3701 thou shalt not make merchandiseH6014(HithImpf) of her, becauseH834 thou hast humbledH6031(PielPerf) her. ^[15] If a manH376 have twoH8147 wives,H802 oneH259 beloved,H157(QalPasPtc) and anotherH259 hated,H8130(QalPasPtc) and they have bornH3205(QalPerf) him children,H1121 [both] the belovedH157(QalPasPtc) and the hated;H8130(QalPasPtc) and [if] the firstbornH1060 sonH1121 be hers that was hated:H8146 ^[16] Then it shall be, whenH3117 he maketh his sonsH1121 to inheritH5157(HiphInf) [that] which he hath, [that] he mayH3201(QalImpf) not make the sonH1121 of the belovedH157(QalPasPtc) firstbornH1069(PielInf) beforeH6440 the sonH1121 of the hated,H8130(QalPasPtc) [which is indeed] the firstborn:H1060 ^[17] But he shall acknowledgeH5234(HiphImpf) the sonH1121 of the hatedH8130(QalPasPtc) [for] the firstborn,H1060 by givingH5414(QalInf) him a doubleH8147 portionH6310 of all that he hath:H4672(NiphImpf) for he [is] the beginningH7225 of his strength;H202 the rightH4941 of the firstbornH1062 [is] his. ^[18] If a manH376 have a stubbornH5637(QalActPtc) and rebelliousH4784(QalActPtc) son,H1121 which will not obeyH8085(QalActPtc) the voiceH6963 of his father,H1 or the voiceH6963 of his mother,H517 and [that], when they have chastenedH3256(PielPerf) him, will not hearkenH8085(QalImpf) unto them: ^[19] Then shall his fatherH1 and his motherH517 lay holdH8610(QalPerf) on him, and bring him outH3318(HiphPerf) unto the eldersH2205 of his city,H5892 and unto the gateH8179 of his place;H4725 ^[20] And they shall sayH559(QalPerf) unto the eldersH2205 of his city,H5892 This our sonH1121 [is] stubbornH5637(QalActPtc) and rebellious,H4784(QalActPtc) he will not obeyH8085(QalActPtc) our voice;H6963 [he is] a glutton,H2151(QalActPtc) and a drunkard.H5433(QalActPtc) ^[21] And all the menH582 of his cityH5892 shall stoneH7275(QalPerf) him with stones,H68 that he die:H4191(QalPerf) so shalt thou putH1197 evilH7451 awayH1197(PielPerf) from amongH7130 you; and all IsraelH3478 shall hear,H8085(QalImpf) and fear.H3372(QalImpf) ^[22] And if a manH376 have committed a sinH2399 worthy ofH4941 death,H4194 and he be to be put to death,H4191(HophPerf) and thou hangH8518(QalPerf) him on a tree:H6086 ^[23] His bodyH5038 shall not remain all nightH3885(QalImpf) upon the tree,H6086 but thou shalt in any wiseH6912(QalInf) buryH6912(QalImpf) him that day;H3117 (for he that is hangedH8518(QalPasPtc) [is] accursedH7045 of God;H430) that thy landH127 be not defiled,H2930(PielImpf) which the LordH3068 thy GodH430 givethH5414(QalActPtc) thee [for] an inheritance.H5159

Byzantine Greek New Testament

Not available in Byzantine Greek New Testament