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[1]If one be foundH4672[H8735] slainH2491 in the landH127 which the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 givethH5414[H8802] thee to possessH3423[H8800] it, lyingH5307[H8802] in the fieldH7704, and it be not knownH3045[H8738] who hath slainH5221 himH8689:
[2]Then thy eldersH2205 and thy judgesH8199[H8802] shall come forthH3318[H8804], and they shall measureH4058[H8804] unto the citiesH5892 which are round aboutH5439 him that is slainH2491:
[3]And it shall be, that the cityH5892 which is nextH7138 unto the slain manH2491, even the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall takeH3947[H8804] an heiferH1241[H5697], which hath not been wrought withH5647[H8795], and which hath not drawnH4900[H8804] in the yokeH5923;
[4]And the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall bring downH3381[H8689] the heiferH5697 unto a roughH386 valleyH5158, which is neither earedH5647[H8735] nor sownH2232[H8735], and shall strike offH6202 the heifer'sH5697 neckH6202[H8804] there in the valleyH5158:
[5]And the priestsH3548 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 shall come nearH5066[H8738]; for them the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath chosenH977[H8804] to ministerH8334[H8763] unto him, and to blessH1288[H8763] in the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068; and by their wordH6310 shall every controversyH7379 and every stroke be triedH5061:
[6]And all the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892, that are nextH7138 unto the slainH2491 man, shall washH7364[H8799] their handsH3027 over the heiferH5697 that is beheadedH6202[H8803] in the valleyH5158:
[7]And they shall answerH6030[H8804] and sayH559[H8804], Our handsH3027 have not shedH8210[H8804] this bloodH1818, neither have our eyesH5869 seenH7200 itH8804.
[8]Be mercifulH3722[H8761], O LORDH3068, unto thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, whom thou hast redeemedH6299[H8804], and layH5414[H8799] not innocentH5355 bloodH1818 unto thy peopleH5971 of Israel'sH3478 chargeH7130. And the bloodH1818 shall be forgivenH3722 themH8694.
[9]So shalt thou put awayH1197[H8762] the guilt of innocentH5355 bloodH1818 from amongH7130 you, when thou shalt doH6213[H8799] that which is rightH3477 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068.
[10]When thou goest forthH3318[H8799] to warH4421 against thine enemiesH341[H8802], and the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath deliveredH5414[H8804] them into thine handsH3027, and thou hast takenH7617[H8804] them captiveH7628,
[11]And seestH7200[H8804] among the captivesH7633 a beautifulH8389[H3303] womanH802, and hast a desireH2836[H8804] unto her, that thou wouldest have herH3947[H8804] to thy wifeH802;
[12]Then thou shalt bringH935[H8689] her homeH8432 to thine houseH1004; and she shall shaveH1548[H8765] her headH7218, and pareH6213[H8804] her nailsH6856;
[13]And she shall putH5493[H8689] the raimentH8071 of her captivityH7628 from off her, and shall remainH3427[H8804] in thine houseH1004, and bewailH1058[H8804] her fatherH1 and her motherH517 a fullH3117 monthH3391: and afterH310 that thou shalt goH935[H8799] in unto her, and be her husbandH1166[H8804], and she shall be thy wifeH802.
[14]And it shall be, if thou have no delightH2654[H8804] in her, then thou shalt let her goH7971[H8765] whither she willH5315; but thou shalt not sellH4376[H8799] her at allH4376[H8800] for moneyH3701, thou shalt not make merchandiseH6014[H8691] of her, becauseH834 thou hast humbledH6031 herH8765.
[15]If a manH376 have twoH8147 wivesH802, oneH259 belovedH157[H8803], and anotherH259 hatedH8130[H8803], and they have bornH3205[H8804] him childrenH1121, both the belovedH157[H8803] and the hatedH8130[H8803]; and if the firstbornH1060 sonH1121 be hers that was hatedH8146:
[16]Then it shall be, whenH3117 he maketh his sonsH1121 to inheritH5157[H8687] that which he hath, that he mayH3201[H8799] not make the sonH1121 of the belovedH157[H8803] firstbornH1069[H8763] beforeH6440 the sonH1121 of the hatedH8130[H8803], which is indeed the firstbornH1060:
[17]But he shall acknowledgeH5234[H8686] the sonH1121 of the hatedH8130[H8803] for the firstbornH1060, by givingH5414[H8800] him a doubleH8147 portionH6310 of all that he hathH4672[H8735]: for he is the beginningH7225 of his strengthH202; the rightH4941 of the firstborn is hisH1062.
[18]If a manH376 have a stubbornH5637[H8802] and rebelliousH4784[H8802] sonH1121, which will not obeyH8085[H8802] the voiceH6963 of his fatherH1, or the voiceH6963 of his motherH517, and that, when they have chastenedH3256[H8765] him, will not hearkenH8085 unto themH8799:
[19]Then shall his fatherH1 and his motherH517 lay holdH8610[H8804] on him, and bring him outH3318[H8689] unto the eldersH2205 of his cityH5892, and unto the gateH8179 of his placeH4725;
[20]And they shall sayH559[H8804] unto the eldersH2205 of his cityH5892, This our sonH1121 is stubbornH5637[H8802] and rebelliousH4784[H8802], he will not obeyH8085[H8802] our voiceH6963; he is a gluttonH2151[H8802], and a drunkardH5433.[H8802]
[21]And all the menH582 of his cityH5892 shall stoneH7275[H8804] him with stonesH68, that he dieH4191[H8804]: so shalt thou putH1197 evilH7451 awayH1197[H8765] from amongH7130 you; and all IsraelH3478 shall hearH8085[H8799], and fearH3372.[H8799]
[22]And if a manH376 have committed a sinH2399 worthy ofH4941 deathH4194, and he be to be put to deathH4191[H8717], and thou hangH8518[H8804] him on a treeH6086:
[23]His bodyH5038 shall not remain all nightH3885[H8799] upon the treeH6086, but thou shalt in any wiseH6912[H8800] buryH6912[H8799] him that dayH3117; (for he that is hangedH8518[H8803] is accursedH7045 of GodH430;) that thy landH127 be not defiledH2930[H8762], which the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 givethH5414[H8802] thee for an inheritanceH5159.
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