“And the priest the sons of Levi shall come near for them. The Lord your God has chosen to minister unto him and to bless in the name of the Lord. And according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.”
Deuteronomy 21
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1If 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,
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2your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
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3Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
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4bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
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5And 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.
6Then 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 nearest unto the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley”
7and they shall declare, "Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
“and shall answer and say our hands have not shed this blood neither have our eyes seen it.”
8Accept 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.
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9So 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.
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10When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,
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11if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
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12then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
“Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house and she shall shave her head and pair her nails.”
13and 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.
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14And 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.
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15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
“If a man have two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated,”
16when 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 shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit, that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn.”
“the unloved it shall be in the day that he wills what he has to his sons he shall not make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the unloved who is the firstborn.”
17Instead, 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 he shall acknowledge the firstborn the son of the unloved by giving him a double portion of all he has. For he is the beginning of his strength. To him belongs the right of the firstborn.”
18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother and when they chastise him He will not even listen to them.”
“if a man have a stubborn and rebellious son. Which will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother and that when they have chastened him Will not hearken unto them.”
19his 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 his father and mother shall seize him and bring him out to the elders of the city at the gateway of his hometown.”
20and say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard."
“They shall say to the elders of his city. This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21Then 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.
“Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death. So you shall remove the evil from your midst and all Israel will hear of it and fear.”
“And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones that he die. So shalt thou put away, so shalt thou put evil away from among you. And all Israel shall hear and fear.”
“Then all the men of his city shall stone that boy to death with stones. So you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and shall fear.”
“and all the men of this He's city shall stone him with stones that he die. So shall they put evil away from among you and all Israel shall year and fear.”
22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
“if a man has committed a sin deserving of death and he is put to death and you hang him on a tree,”
“if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree,”
“And if a man hath committed a sin worthy of death and he be to be put to death and thou hang him on a tree”
“And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree,”
“If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree,”
23you 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 body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day. For he that is hanged is accursed of God, that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.”
“his body shall not remain overnight on the tree but you shall surely bury him that day so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. For he who is hanged on a tree is accursed of God.”
“his body shall not remain overnight on the tree. But you shall surely bury him that day so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. For he, listen carefully, for he who hangs on a…”