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Deuteronomy 21 (WEBP)
[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.
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Deuteronomy 21 (KJVS)
[1] If [one] be found H4672 (8735) slain H2491 in the land H127 which the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (8802) thee to possess H3423 (8800) it, lying H5307 (8802) in the field H7704, [and] it be not known H3045 (8738) who hath slain H5221 (8689) him:
[2] Then thy elders H2205 and thy judges H8199 (8802) shall come forth H3318 (8804), and they shall measure H4058 (8804) 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 (8804) an heifer H1241 H5697, which hath not been wrought with H5647 (8795), [and] which hath not drawn H4900 (8804) in the yoke H5923;
[4] And the elders H2205 of that city H5892 shall bring down H3381 (8689) the heifer H5697 unto a rough H386 valley H5158, which is neither eared H5647 (8735) nor sown H2232 (8735), and shall strike off H6202 the heifer’s H5697 neck H6202 (8804) there in the valley H5158:
[5] And the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 shall come near H5066 (8738); for them the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 (8804) to minister H8334 (8763) unto him, and to bless H1288 (8763) 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 (8799) their hands H3027 over the heifer H5697 that is beheaded H6202 (8803) in the valley H5158:
[7] And they shall answer H6030 (8804) and say H559 (8804), Our hands H3027 have not shed H8210 (8804) this blood H1818, neither have our eyes H5869 seen H7200 (8804) [it].
[8] Be merciful H3722 (8761), O LORD H3068, unto thy people H5971 Israel H3478, whom thou hast redeemed H6299 (8804), and lay H5414 (8799) not innocent H5355 blood H1818 unto thy people H5971 of Israel’s H3478 charge H7130. And the blood H1818 shall be forgiven H3722 (8694) them.
[9] So shalt thou put away H1197 (8762) the [guilt of] innocent H5355 blood H1818 from among H7130 you, when thou shalt do H6213 (8799) [that which is] right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.
[10] When thou goest forth H3318 (8799) to war H4421 against thine enemies H341 (8802), and the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath delivered H5414 (8804) them into thine hands H3027, and thou hast taken H7617 (8804) them captive H7628,
[11] And seest H7200 (8804) among the captives H7633 a beautiful H8389 H3303 woman H802, and hast a desire H2836 (8804) unto her, that thou wouldest have her H3947 (8804) to thy wife H802;
[12] Then thou shalt bring H935 (8689) her home H8432 to thine house H1004; and she shall shave H1548 (8765) her head H7218, and pare H6213 (8804) her nails H6856;
[13] And she shall put H5493 (8689) the raiment H8071 of her captivity H7628 from off her, and shall remain H3427 (8804) in thine house H1004, and bewail H1058 (8804) her father H1 and her mother H517 a full H3117 month H3391: and after H310 that thou shalt go H935 (8799) in unto her, and be her husband H1166 (8804), and she shall be thy wife H802.
[14] And it shall be, if thou have no delight H2654 (8804) in her, then thou shalt let her go H7971 (8765) whither she will H5315; but thou shalt not sell H4376 (8799) her at all H4376 (8800) for money H3701, thou shalt not make merchandise H6014 (8691) of her, because H834 thou hast humbled H6031 (8765) her.
[15] If a man H376 have two H8147 wives H802, one H259 beloved H157 (8803), and another H259 hated H8130 (8803), and they have born H3205 (8804) him children H1121, [both] the beloved H157 (8803) and the hated H8130 (8803); and [if] the firstborn H1060 son H1121 be hers that was hated H8146:
[16] Then it shall be, when H3117 he maketh his sons H1121 to inherit H5157 (8687) [that] which he hath, [that] he may H3201 (8799) not make the son H1121 of the beloved H157 (8803) firstborn H1069 (8763) before H6440 the son H1121 of the hated H8130 (8803), [which is indeed] the firstborn H1060:
[17] But he shall acknowledge H5234 (8686) the son H1121 of the hated H8130 (8803) [for] the firstborn H1060, by giving H5414 (8800) him a double H8147 portion H6310 of all that he hath H4672 (8735): 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 (8802) and rebellious H4784 (8802) son H1121, which will not obey H8085 (8802) the voice H6963 of his father H1, or the voice H6963 of his mother H517, and [that], when they have chastened H3256 (8765) him, will not hearken H8085 (8799) unto them:
[19] Then shall his father H1 and his mother H517 lay hold H8610 (8804) on him, and bring him out H3318 (8689) unto the elders H2205 of his city H5892, and unto the gate H8179 of his place H4725;
[20] And they shall say H559 (8804) unto the elders H2205 of his city H5892, This our son H1121 [is] stubborn H5637 (8802) and rebellious H4784 (8802), he will not obey H8085 (8802) our voice H6963; [he is] a glutton H2151 (8802), and a drunkard H5433 (8802).
[21] And all the men H582 of his city H5892 shall stone H7275 (8804) him with stones H68, that he die H4191 (8804): so shalt thou put H1197 evil H7451 away H1197 (8765) from among H7130 you; and all Israel H3478 shall hear H8085 (8799), and fear H3372 (8799).
[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 (8717), and thou hang H8518 (8804) him on a tree H6086:
[23] His body H5038 shall not remain all night H3885 (8799) upon the tree H6086, but thou shalt in any wise H6912 (8800) bury H6912 (8799) him that day H3117; (for he that is hanged H8518 (8803) [is] accursed H7045 of God H430;) that thy land H127 be not defiled H2930 (8762), which the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (8802) thee [for] an inheritance H5159.
Young’s Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 21 (YLT)
[1] ‘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,
[2] then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one,
[3] 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,
[4] 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.
[5] ‘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-
[6] 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,
[7] and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen-
[8] 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,
[9] and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
[10] ‘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,
[11] and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife,
[12] then thou hast brought her in unto the midst of thy household, and she hath shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
[13] 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:
[14] ‘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.
[15] ‘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;
[16] 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.
[17] 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.
[18] ‘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-
[19] 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,
[20] 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;
[21] 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.
[22] ‘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,
[23] 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.