Deuteronomy 21:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ “And it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a yoke,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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.

Deuteronomy 21:3 Cross References

Jeremiah 31:18

“I have clearly heard Ephrayim lamenting, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, like an untrained calf. Turn me back, and I shall turn back, for You are יהוה  my Elohim.

Numbers 19:2

“This is a law of the Torah which יהוה  has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time יהוה  separated the tribe of Lĕ

Deuteronomy 21:2

then your elders and your judges shall go out, and they shall measure the distance from the slain man to the cities round about.

Deuteronomy 21:4

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

Philippians 2:8

And having been found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, death even of a stake.

1 Samuel 6:7

“And now, take and make a new wagon, and two milk cows which have never been yoked, and hitch the cows to the wagon. And take their calves home, away from them.