kjv Deuteronomy:21:1-17 SEEK
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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 :
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Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth ,
and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain :
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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 ;
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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 heifer '
s neck there in the valley :
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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 :
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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 :
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And they shall answer and say ,
Our hands have not shed this blood ,
neither have our eyes seen it .
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Be merciful ,
O LORD ,
unto thy people Israel ,
whom thou hast redeemed ,
and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel '
s charge .
And the blood shall be forgiven them .
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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 .
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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 ,
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And seest among the captives a beautiful woman ,
and hast a desire unto her ,
that thou wouldest have her to thy wife ;
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Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house ;
and she shall shave her head ,
and pare her nails ;
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 :
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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 .