9 So eyou shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. 2 Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, eas the Lord told me. 4 lbecause they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they mhired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of nMesopotamia, to curse you. 21 “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. 27 because he met her in the open country, and though the betrothed young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her. So you shall purge the evil3 from your midst. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you (I)treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her. Deuteronomy 21:8 English Standard Version (ESV) 8 Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’ 2 And if he does not live near you and you do not know who he is, you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall stay with you until your brother seeks it. You need not be afraid of him. Deuteronomy 21-25 English Standard Version (ESV) Atonement for Unsolved Murders. # [Num. 5 as when someone goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live, Deuteronomy 21:23 ESV - his body shall not remain all night on - Bible Gateway. 20 But if the thing is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman, 21 [m] Deuteronomy 13:10; See Joshua 7:25 Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. 11:19, 20, 22]. 12 “You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. 19 y“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, zinterest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. 23 “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord. 22 e“If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. 18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, 20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 (N)Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. He shall not come inside the camp, Sign up for an account to try it FREE for 30 days. 25:39-41] “If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold # 15:12 Or sells himself to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. 21 yYour eye shall not pity. 25 “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. 19 and they shall fine him a hundred shekels3 of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name upon a virgin4 of Israel. 24 “If you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag. 4 And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. 2 And when you draw near to the battle, k the priest shall come forward and speak to the people 3 and shall say to them, ‘ Hear, O Israel, today you are drawing near for battle against your … Deuteronomy 21:17 17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is k the firstfruits of his strength. 13 yYour eye shall not pity him, zbut you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood2 from Israel, so that it may be well with you. 20 Only the trees that you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls. 7 and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. Deuteronomy 26. dSo you shall purge the evil from Israel. 2 qyou shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. Deuteronomy 21 NIV Parallel ESV [BSB CSB ESV HCS KJV ISV NAS NET NIV NLT HEB] New International Version: English Standard Version: 1 If someone is found slain, lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who the killer was, 10 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive, 14 a“You shall not move your neighbor’s landmark, which the men of old have set, in the inheritance that you will hold in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. Deuteronomy 21:22 - ESV: "And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, Atonement for Unsolved Murders. 13 And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement. 23 “If there is a fbetrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, Subscribe to a study package to unlock the ESV Study Bible, the interactive Knowing the Bible study series, the Preaching the Word commentary series, and more. 8 “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it. So be very careful. 9 And when the officers have finished speaking to the people, then commanders shall be appointed at the head of the people. 20 And the rest gshall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. Let him go back to his house, lest he make the heart of his fellows melt like his own.’ 21 c“If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 6 And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man (D)shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. 10 lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you. 12 But if it makes no peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it. 7 nAnd is there any man who has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? You shall help him to lift them up again. You shall take them back to your brother. Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man enjoy its fruit. nSo you shall purge the evil from your midst, oand all Israel shall hear, and fear. 1 “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. 2 “No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. 8 Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and ddo not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’ 2 And when you draw near to the battle, kthe priest shall come forward and speak to the people 21 “If in the land that the L ord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. 11 You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together. 7 You shall let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, wthat it may go well with you, and that you may live long. 16 But uin the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, (O)So you shall purge the evil from your midst, (P)and all Israel shall hear, and fear. Deuteronomy 21 ESV - Atonement for Unsolved Murders - “If - Bible Gateway. 13 “If any man takes a wife and zgoes in to her and then hates her 21 “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. 10 “When you draw near to a city to fight against it, poffer terms of peace to it. The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder. 3 And the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer (A)that has never been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke. Interlinear Bibles Cross-Refs Commentaries Dictionaries Misc. 28 g“If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found, 16 If ca malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 4 “This is the provision for rthe manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. 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