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1. If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,
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1. If H3588 one be found H4672 slain H2491 in the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee to possess H3423 it, lying H5307 in the field H7704 , and it be not H3808 known H3045 who H4310 hath slain H5221 him:
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2. your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.
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2. Then thy elders H2205 and thy judges H8199 shall come forth H3318 , and they shall measure H4058 unto H413 the cities H5892 which H834 are round about H5439 him that is slain H2491 :
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3. Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked� that has never pulled with the yoke�
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3. And it shall be H1961 , that the city H5892 which is next H7138 unto H413 the slain man H2491 , even the elders H2205 of that H1931 city H5892 shall take H3947 a heifer H5697 H1241 , which H834 hath not H3808 been wrought H5647 with, and which H834 hath not H3808 drawn H4900 in the yoke H5923 ;
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4. and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer's neck.
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4. And the elders H2205 of that H1931 city H5892 shall bring down H3381 H853 the heifer H5697 unto H413 a rough H386 valley H5158 , which H834 is neither H3808 eared H5647 nor H3808 sown H2232 , and shall strike off H6203 H853 the heifer H5697 's neck H6203 there H8033 in the valley H5158 :
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5. Then the Levitical priests will approach (for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict)
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5. And the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 shall come near H5066 ; for H3588 them the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 to minister H8334 unto him , and to bless H1288 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 ; and by H5921 their word H6310 shall every H3605 controversy H7379 and every H3605 stroke H5061 be H1961 tried :
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6. and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
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6. And all H3605 the elders H2205 of that H1931 city H5892 , that are next H7138 unto H413 the slain H2491 man , shall wash H7364 H853 their hands H3027 over H5921 the heifer H5697 that is beheaded H6202 in the valley H5158 :
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7. Then they must proclaim, "Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.
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7. And they shall answer H6030 and say H559 , Our hands H3027 have not H3808 shed H8210 H853 this H2088 blood H1818 , neither H3808 have our eyes H5869 seen H7200 it .
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8. Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O LORD, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person." Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.
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8. Be merciful H3722 , O LORD H3068 , unto thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , whom H834 thou hast redeemed H6299 , and lay H5414 not H408 innocent H5355 blood H1818 unto thy people H5971 of Israel H3478 's charge H7130 . And the blood H1818 shall be forgiven H3722 them.
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9. In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the LORD.
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9. So shalt thou H859 put away H1197 the guilt of innocent H5355 blood H1818 from among H4480 H7130 you, when H3588 thou shalt do H6213 that which is right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 .
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10. When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the LORD your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,
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10. When H3588 thou goest forth H3318 to war H4421 against H5921 thine enemies H341 , and the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath delivered H5414 them into thine hands H3027 , and thou hast taken H7617 them captive H7628 ,
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11. if you should see among them an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,
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11. And seest H7200 among the captives H7633 a beautiful H3033 H8389 woman H802 , and hast a desire H2836 unto her , that thou wouldest have H3947 her to thy wife H802 ;
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12. you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
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12. Then thou shalt bring H935 her home H8432 to thine house H1004 ; and she shall shave H1548 H853 her head H7218 , and pare H6213 H853 her nails H6856 ;
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13. discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may have sexual relations with her and become her husband and she your wife.
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13. And she shall put H5493 H853 the raiment H8071 of her captivity H7628 from off H4480 H5921 her , and shall remain H3427 in thine house H1004 , and bewail H1058 H853 her father H1 and her mother H517 a full H3117 month H3391 : and after H310 that H3651 thou shalt go in H935 unto H413 her , and be her husband H1167 , and she shall be H1961 thy wife H802 .
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14. If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her.
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14. And it shall be H1961 , if H518 thou have no delight H2654 H3808 in her , then thou shalt let her go H7971 whither she will H5315 ; but thou shalt not H3808 sell her at all H4376 H4376 for money H3701 , thou shalt not H3808 make merchandise H6014 of her, because H8478 H834 thou hast humbled H6031 her.
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15. Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.
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15. If H3588 a man H376 have H1961 two H8147 wives H802 , one H259 beloved H157 , and another H259 hated H8130 , and they have born H3205 him children H1121 , both the beloved H157 and the hated H8130 ; and if the firstborn H1060 son H1121 be H1961 hers that was hated H8146 :
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16. In the day he divides his inheritance he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other wife's son who is actually the firstborn.
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16. Then it shall be H1961 , when H3117 he maketh H853 his sons H1121 to inherit H5157 H853 that which H834 he hath H1961 , that he may H3201 not H3808 make H1069 H853 the son H1121 of the beloved H157 firstborn H1069 before H5921 H6440 the son H1121 of the hated H8130 , which is indeed the firstborn H1060 :
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17. Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father's procreative power� to him should go the right of the firstborn.
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17. But H3588 he shall acknowledge H5234 the son H1121 of the hated H8130 H853 for the firstborn H1060 , by giving H5414 him a double H8147 portion H6310 of all H3605 that H834 he hath H4672 : for H3588 he H1931 is the beginning H7225 of his strength H202 ; the right H4941 of the firstborn H1062 is his.
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18. If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,
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18. If H3588 a man H376 have H1961 a stubborn H5637 and rebellious H4784 son H1121 , which will not H369 obey H8085 the voice H6963 of his father H1 , or the voice H6963 of his mother H517 , and that , when they have chastened H3256 him , will not H3808 hearken H8085 unto H413 them:
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19. his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.
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19. Then shall his father H1 and his mother H517 lay hold H8610 on him , and bring him out H3318 H853 unto H413 the elders H2205 of his city H5892 , and unto H413 the gate H8179 of his place H4725 ;
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20. They must declare to the elders of his city, "Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say� he is a glutton and drunkard."
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20. And they shall say H559 unto H413 the elders H2205 of his city H5892 , This H2088 our son H1121 is stubborn H5637 and rebellious H4784 , he will not H369 obey H8085 our voice H6963 ; he is a glutton H2151 , and a drunkard H5433 .
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21. Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
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21. And all H3605 the men H376 of his city H5892 shall stone H7275 him with stones H68 , that he die H4191 : so shalt thou put evil away H1197 H7451 from among H4480 H7130 you ; and all H3605 Israel H3478 shall hear H8085 , and fear H3372 .
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22. If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,
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22. And if H3588 a man H376 have committed H1961 a sin H2399 worthy H4941 of death H4194 , and he be to be put to death H4191 , and thou hang H8518 him on H5921 a tree H6086 :
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23. his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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23. His body H5038 shall not H3808 remain all night H3885 upon H5921 the tree H6086 , but H3588 thou shalt in any wise bury H6912 H6912 him that H1931 day H3117 ; ( for H3588 he that is hanged H8518 is accursed H7045 of God;) H430 that H853 thy land H127 be not H3808 defiled H2930 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee for an inheritance H5159 .
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