Deuteronomy 21:3

The Law Concerning Unsolved Murder

1 “If anyone is found slain, lying in the field in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

2 then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance from the slain man to the surrounding cities.

3 And it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a ^ayoke.

4 The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.

5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for ^athe Lord your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the Lord; ^bby their word every controversy and every¹ assault shall be settled.

6 And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man ^ashall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.

7 Then they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it.

8 Provide atonement, O Lord, for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, ^aand do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel.’ And atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood.

9 So ^ayou shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Female Captives

10 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God delivers them into your hand, and you take them captive,

11 and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your ^awife,

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 21:3

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American Standard Version
and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

Amplified® Bible
And the city which is nearest to the slain man, the elders of that city shall take a heifer which has never been worked, never pulled in the yoke,

Contemporary English Version
The leaders from that town will go to their cattle herds and choose a young cow that has never been put to work.

Darby English Version
and the city that is nearest unto him that is slain, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with, that hath not drawn in the yoke;

Good News Bible
Then the leaders of the town nearest to where the body was found are to select a young cow that has never been used for work.

King James Version
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

New American Standard Bible
"It shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke;

New International Version
Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke

New King James Version
And it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a yoke.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"It shall occur that the city which locates nearest to the slain man, namely, the elders of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not worked and which has not pulled in a yoke;

Revised Standard Version
and the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer which has never been worked and which has not pulled in the yoke.

Young's Literal Translation
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,

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The Law Concerning Unsolved Murder

Female Captives

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