Deuteronomy 21:1

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

And then He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Psalm 5:6

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

Psalm 9:12

He who avenges deaths remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.

Proverbs 28:17

If a man is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.

Isaiah 26:21

For behold, the Lord comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her bloodshed and shall cover her slain no more.

Acts 28:4

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”

Deuteronomy 19:10

Then innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, and blood guiltiness be on you.

Deuteronomy 20:20

However, you may destroy and cut down only the trees which you know are not fruit trees, so that you may build siege engines against the city that makes war with you until it falls.

Deuteronomy 21:2

then your elders and your judges are to come forth, and they must measure how far it is to the cities which are around him who was slain.

Deuteronomy 3:18

Then I commanded you at that time, saying, “The Lord your God has given you this land to possess it. All you men of valor shall pass over armed before your brothers, the Israelites.