Deuteronomy 21:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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,

American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Common English Bible

Once it is determined which city is closest to the dead body, its elders must take a young cow that hasn’t been used or yet pulled a plow,

Catholic Public Domain Version

And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground.

Deuteronomy 21:3 Cross References

Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

Numbers 19:2

This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

Deuteronomy 21:2

then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

Deuteronomy 21:4

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley:

Philippians 2:8

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

1 Samuel 6:7

Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: