Deuteronomy 21:1

New English Translation

If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Psalm 5:6

You destroy liars; the Lord despises violent and deceitful people.

Psalm 9:12

For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

Proverbs 28:17

The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

Isaiah 26:21

For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”

Deuteronomy 19:10

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

Deuteronomy 20:20

However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.

Deuteronomy 21:2

your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.

Deuteronomy 3:18

At that time I instructed you as follows: “The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.