Deuteronomy 21:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ “If, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess, a body is found lying in open country, and it is not known who struck the person down,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ IF ONE is found slain in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has killed him,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;

Common English Bible

¹ If a corpse is found on the ground the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in a field, and the identity of the killer is unknown,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ When there shall be found in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder:

Deuteronomy 21:1 Cross References

Genesis 4:10

And the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen, your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Proverbs 28:17

If someone is burdened with the blood of another, let that killer be a fugitive until death; let no one offer assistance.

Isaiah 26:21

For the Lord comes out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth will disclose the blood shed on it and will no longer cover its slain.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer; though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

Deuteronomy 19:10

so that the blood of an innocent person may not be shed in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, thereby bringing bloodguilt upon you.

Deuteronomy 20:20

You may destroy only the trees that you know do not produce food; you may cut them down for use in building siegeworks against the town that makes war with you, until it falls.

Deuteronomy 21:2

then your elders and your judges shall come out to measure the distances to the towns that are near the body.

Deuteronomy 3:18

“At that time, I charged you as follows: ‘Although the Lord your God has given you this land to occupy, all your troops shall cross over armed as the vanguard of your Israelite kin.