ASV_Strong : Deuteronomy 21
1. If one be found[H4672] slain[H2491] in the land[H127] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee to possess[H3423] it[H5307], lying in the field[H7704], and it be not known[H3045] who hath smitten him[H5221];
2. then thy elders[H2205] and thy judges[H8199] shall come forth[H3318], and they shall measure[H4058] unto the cities[H5892] which are round about[H5439] him that is slain[H2491]:
3. and it shall be[H5892], that the city which is nearest[H7138] unto the slain man[H2491], even the elders[H2205] of that city[H5892] shall take[H3947] a heifer[H1241] of the herd[H5647], which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn[H4900] in the yoke[H5923];
4. and the elders[H2205] of that city[H5892] shall bring down[H3381] the heifer[H5697] unto a[H386] valley[H5158] with running water[H5647], which is neither plowed nor sown[H2232], and shall break[H6202] the heifer[H5697]'s neck[H6202] there in the valley[H5158].
5. And the priests[H3548] the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878] shall come near[H5066]; for them Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] hath chosen[H977] to minister[H8334] unto him[H1288], and to bless in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068]; and according to their word[H6310] shall every controversy[H7379] and every stroke be[H5061].
6. And all the elders[H2205] of that city[H5892], who are nearest[H7138] unto the slain[H2491] man[H7364], shall wash their hands[H3027] over the heifer[H5697] whose neck was broken[H6202] in the valley[H5158];
7. and they shall answer[H6030] and say[H559], Our hands[H3027] have not shed[H8210] this blood[H1818], neither have our eyes[H5869] seen it[H7200].
8. Forgive[H3722], O Jehovah[H3068], thy people[H5971] Israel[H3478], whom thou hast redeemed[H6299], and suffer[H5414] not innocent[H5355] blood[H1818] to remain in the midst[H7130] of thy people[H5971] Israel[H3478]. And the blood[H1818] shall be forgiven them[H3722].
9. So shalt thou put away[H1197] the innocent[H5355] blood[H1818] from the midst[H7130] of thee[H6213], when thou shalt do that which is right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068].
10. When thou goest forth[H3318] to battle[H4421] against thine enemies[H341], and Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] delivereth[H5414] them into thy hands[H3027], and thou carriest[H7617] them away captive[H7628],
11. and seest[H7200] among the captives[H7633] a beautiful[H8389] woman[H802], and thou hast a desire[H2836] unto her[H3947], and wouldest take her to thee to wife[H802];
12. then thou shalt bring[H935] her home[H8432] to thy house[H1004]; and she shall shave[H1548] her head[H7218], and pare[H6213] her nails[H6856];
13. and she shall put[H5493] the raiment[H8071] of her captivity[H7628] from off her[H3427], and shall remain in thy house[H1004], and bewail[H1058] her father[H1] and her mother[H517] a full[H3117] month[H3391]: and after[H310] that thou shalt go[H935] in unto her[H1166], and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife[H802].
14. And it shall be[H2654], if thou have no delight in her[H7971], then thou shalt let her go whither she will[H5315]; but thou shalt not sell[H4376] her at all[H4376] for money[H3701], thou shalt not deal[H6014] with her as a slave[H834], because thou hast humbled her[H6031].
15. If a man[H376] have two[H8147] wives[H802], the one[H259] beloved[H157], and the other[H259] hated[H8130], and they have borne[H3205] him children[H1121], both the beloved[H157] and the hated[H8130]; and if the first-born[H1060] son[H1121] be hers that was hated[H8146];
16. then it shall be[H3117], in the day that he causeth his sons[H1121] to inherit[H5157] that which he hath[H3201], that he may not make the son[H1121] of the beloved[H157] the first-born[H1069] before[H6440] the son[H1121] of the hated[H8130], who is the first-born[H1060]:
17. but he shall acknowledge[H5234] the first-born[H1060], the son[H1121] of the hated[H8130], by giving[H5414] him a double[H8147] portion[H6310] of all that he hath[H4672]; for he is the beginning[H7225] of his strength[H202]; the right[H4941] of the first-born[H1062] is his.
18. If a man[H376] have a stubborn[H5637] and rebellious[H4784] son[H1121], that will not obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of his father[H1], or the voice[H6963] of his mother[H517], and[H3256], though they chasten him[H8085], will not hearken unto them;
19. then shall his father[H1] and his mother[H517] lay hold[H8610] on him[H3318], and bring him out unto the elders[H2205] of his city[H5892], and unto the gate[H8179] of his place[H4725];
20. and they shall say[H559] unto the elders[H2205] of his city[H5892], This our son[H1121] is stubborn[H5637] and rebellious[H4784], he will not obey[H8085] our voice[H6963]; he is a glutton[H2151], and a drunkard[H5433].
21. And all the men[H582] of his city[H5892] shall stone[H7275] him to death[H4191] with stones[H68]: so shalt thou put[H1197] away[H1197] the evil[H7451] from the midst[H7130] of thee[H3478]; and all Israel shall hear[H8085], and fear[H3372].
22. And if a man[H376] have committed a sin[H2399] worthy of[H4941] death[H4194], and he be put to death[H4191], and thou hang[H8518] him on a tree[H6086];
23. his body[H5038] shall not remain all night[H3885] upon the tree[H6086], but thou shalt surely[H6912] bury[H6912] him the same day[H3117]; for he that is hanged[H8518] is accursed[H7045] of God[H430]; that thou defile[H2930] not thy land[H127] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee for an inheritance[H5159].
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