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Deuteronomy 21:2

1 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.

3 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

4 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
KJV
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
WEB
then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.
ASV
then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
DARBY
then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;
BLB
then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure to the cities that [are] surrounding the slain one.
ÅB
da skal dine eldste og dine dommere gå ut og måle hvor langt det er fra den drepte til de byer som ligger deromkring.
OTB
skal dine eldste og dommere gå ut og måle avstanden til byene som er rundt den drepte personen.
B1930
da skal dine eldste og dine dommere gå ut og måle hvor langt det er fra den drepte til de byer som ligger deromkring.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 13:3–4

    For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:18–19

    You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

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