If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
Deuteronomy 21:2 - King James Version - American Edition then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then your elders and judges shall come forth and measure the distance to the cities around him who is slain. American Standard Version (1901) then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: Common English Bible your elders and judges must come out and measure the distances to the cities nearest the body. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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 one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
and it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;