Deuteronomy 21:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Then your elders and judges shall come forth and measure the distance to the cities around him who is slain.

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Common English Bible

² your elders and judges must come out and measure the distances to the cities nearest the body.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.

Deuteronomy 21:2 Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:1

And the ancients of that city shall come to the person slain, and shall wash their hands over the heifer that was killed in the valley,

Deuteronomy 21:3

Be merciful to thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, O Lord, and lay not innocent blood to their charge, in the midst of thy people Israel. And the guilt of blood shall be taken from them: