Deuteronomy 21:1

New American Bible - revised edition

If the corpse of someone who has been slain is found lying in the open, in the land the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed the person,

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

God then said: What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!

Psalm 5:6

the arrogant cannot stand before your eyes. You hate all who do evil;

Psalm 9:12

Sing hymns to the Lord enthroned on Zion; proclaim his deeds among the nations!

Proverbs 28:17

Though a person burdened with blood guilt is in flight even to the grave, let no one offer support.

Isaiah 26:21

See, the Lord goes forth from his place, to punish the wickedness of the earth’s inhabitants; The earth will reveal the blood shed upon it, and no longer conceal the slain.

Acts 28:4

When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must certainly be a murderer; though he escaped the sea, Justice has not let him remain alive.”

Deuteronomy 19:10

Thus, in the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage, innocent blood will not be shed and you will not become guilty of bloodshed.

Deuteronomy 20:20

However, those trees which you know are not fruit trees you may destroy. You may cut them down to build siegeworks against the city that is waging war with you, until it falls.

Deuteronomy 21:2

your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distances to the cities that are in the neighborhood of the corpse.

Deuteronomy 3:18

At that time I charged you: The Lord, your God, has given you this land as your possession. But all your troops equipped for battle must cross over in the vanguard of your fellow Israelites.