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Deuteronomy 21:2

1 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:

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

3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:

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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.

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Cross references

  • Romans 13:3–4

    For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

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  • Deuteronomy 16:18–19

    Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

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