“Suppose a slain person is found fallen in a field, on the land Adonai your God is giving you to possess—who struck him is unknown.
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Tree of Life Version Then your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance to the towns that are around the slain one. 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. |
“Suppose a slain person is found fallen in a field, on the land Adonai your God is giving you to possess—who struck him is unknown.
Now the town nearest to the slain one—the elders of that city are to take from the herd a heifer that has not been used for work or pulled a yoke.