Deuteronomy 21:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

your elders and judges are to come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities.

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then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

Then your elders and judges shall come forth and measure the distance to the cities around him who is slain.

then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

your elders and judges must come out and measure the distances to the cities nearest the body.

your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.

Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about.

‘If a murder victim is found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

The elders of the city nearest to the victim are to get a young cow that has not been yoked or used for work.

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