strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:1
@ 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:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:2
@ Then thy
elders
and thy
judges
shall come
forth
, and they shall
measure
unto the
cities
which are round
about
him that is
slain
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:3
@ 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
;
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:4
@ 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
heifers
neck
there in the
valley
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:5
@ And the
priests
the
sons
of
Levi
shall come
near
; for them the
LORD
thy
God
hath
chosen
to
minister
unto him, and to
bless
in the
name
of the
LORD
; and by their
word
shall every
controversy
and every
stroke
be tried:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:6
@ And all the
elders
of that
city
, that are
next
unto the
slain
man, shall
wash
their
hands
over the
heifer
that is
beheaded
in the
valley
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:7
@ And they shall
answer
and
say
, Our
hands
have not
shed
this
blood
, neither have our
eyes
seen
it.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:8
@ Be
merciful
, O
LORD
, unto thy
people
Israel
, whom thou hast
redeemed
, and
lay
not
innocent
blood
unto thy
people
of
Israels
charge
. And the
blood
shall be
forgiven
them.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:9
@ So shalt thou put
away
the guilt of
innocent
blood
from
among
you, when thou shalt
do
that which is
right
in the
sight
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:10
@ When thou goest
forth
to
war
against thine
enemies
, and the
LORD
thy
God
hath
delivered
them into thine
hands
, and thou hast
taken
them
captive
,
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:11
@ And
seest
among the
captives
a
beautiful
H3303
woman
, and hast a
desire
unto her, that thou wouldest have
her
to thy
wife
;
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:12
@ Then thou shalt
bring
her
home
to thine
house
; and she shall
shave
her
head
, and
pare
her
nails
;
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:13
@ And she shall
put
the
raiment
of her
captivity
from off her, and shall
remain
in thine
house
, and
bewail
her
father
and her
mother
a
full
month
: and
after
that thou shalt
go
in unto her, and be her
husband
, and she shall be thy
wife
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:14
@ And it shall be, if thou have no
delight
in her, then thou shalt let her
go
whither she
will
; but thou shalt not
sell
her at
all
for
money
, thou shalt not make
merchandise
of her,
because
thou hast
humbled
her.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:15
@ If a
man
have
two
wives
,
one
beloved
, and
another
hated
, and they have
born
him
children
, both the
beloved
and the
hated
; and if the
firstborn
son
be hers that was
hated
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:16
@ Then it shall be,
when
he maketh his
sons
to
inherit
that which he hath, that he
may
not make the
son
of the
beloved
firstborn
before
the
son
of the
hated
, which is indeed the
firstborn
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:17
@ But he shall
acknowledge
the
son
of the
hated
for the
firstborn
, by
giving
him a
double
portion
of all that he
hath
: for he is the
beginning
of his
strength
; the
right
of the
firstborn
is his.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:18
@ If a
man
have a
stubborn
and
rebellious
son
, which will not
obey
the
voice
of his
father
, or the
voice
of his
mother
, and that, when they have
chastened
him, will not
hearken
unto them:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:19
@ Then shall his
father
and his
mother
lay
hold
on him, and bring him
out
unto the
elders
of his
city
, and unto the
gate
of his
place
;
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:20
@ And they shall
say
unto 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:21
@ And all the
men
of his
city
shall
stone
him with
stones
, that he
die
: so shalt thou
put
evil
away
from
among
you; and all
Israel
shall
hear
, and
fear
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:22
@ And if a
man
have committed a
sin
worthy
of
death
, and he be to be put to
death
, and thou
hang
him on a
tree
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:21:23
@ His
body
shall not remain all
night
upon the
tree
, but thou shalt in any
wise
bury
him that
day
; (for he that is
hanged
is
accursed
of
God
; ) that thy
land
be not
defiled
, which the
LORD
thy
God
giveth
thee for an
inheritance
.
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