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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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If a dead body is found on the ground, this ground that GOD, your God, has given you, lying out in the open, and no one knows who killed him,
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If a man is found slain, lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
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"If anyone is found slain, lying in the field in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
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"Suppose someone is found murdered in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you, and you don't know who committed the murder.
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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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your leaders and judges are to go out and measure the distance from the body to the nearest cities.
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your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns.
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then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance from the slain man to the surrounding cities.
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In such cases, your leaders and judges must determine which town is nearest the body.
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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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The leaders and judges of the city that is nearest the corpse will then take a heifer that has never been used for work, never had a yoke on it.
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Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke
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And it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a yoke.
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Then the leaders of that town must select a young cow that has never been trained or yoked to a plow.
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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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The leaders will take the heifer to a valley with a stream, a valley that has never been plowed or planted, and there break the neck of the heifer.
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and lead her down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer's neck.
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The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and they shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
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They must lead it to a valley that is neither plowed nor planted with a stream running through it. There they must break the cow's neck.
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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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The Levitical priests will then step up. GOD has chosen them to serve him in these matters by settling legal disputes and violent crimes and by pronouncing blessings in GOD's name.
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The priests, the sons of Levi, shall step forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the LORD and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.
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Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the LORD; by their word every controversy and every assault shall be settled.
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The Levitical priests must go there also, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in the LORD's name. And they are to decide all lawsuits and punishments.
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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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Finally, all the leaders of that town that is nearest the body will wash their hands over the heifer that had its neck broken at the stream
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Then all the elders of the town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley,
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And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
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"The leaders of the town nearest the body must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken.
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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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and say, "We didn't kill this man and we didn't see who did it.
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and they shall declare: "Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done.
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Then they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it.
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Then they must say, `Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did we see it happen.
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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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Purify your people Israel whom you redeemed, O GOD. Clear your people Israel from any guilt in this murder." That will clear them from any responsibility in the murder.
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Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O LORD, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent man." And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
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Provide atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel.' And atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood.
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O LORD, forgive your people Israel whom you have redeemed. Do not charge your people Israel with the guilt of murdering an innocent person.' Then they will be absolved of the guilt of this person's blood.
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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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By following these procedures you will have absolved yourselves of any part in the murder because you will have done what is right in GOD's sight. [JC]
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So you will purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
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So you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.
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By following these instructions and doing what is right in the LORD's sight, you will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.
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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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When you go to war against your enemies and GOD, your God, gives you victory and you take prisoners,
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When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives,
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"When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand, and you take them captive,
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"Suppose you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God hands them over to you and you take captives.
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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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and then you notice among the prisoners of war a good-looking woman whom you find attractive and would like to marry,
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if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.
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and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your wife,
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And suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her and want to marry her.
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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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this is what you do: Take her home; have her trim her hair, cut her nails,
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Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her nails
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then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails.
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If this happens, you may take her to your home, where she must shave her head, cut her fingernails,
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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 discard the clothes she was wearing when captured. She is then to stay in your home for a full month, mourning her father and mother. Then you may go to bed with her as husband and wife.
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and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.
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She shall put off the clothes of her captivity, remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month; after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
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and change all her clothes. Then she must remain in your home for a full month, mourning for her father and mother. After that you may marry her.
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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 it turns out you don't like her, you must let her go and live wherever she wishes. But you can't sell her or use her as a slave since you've humiliated her. [JC]
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If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
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And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, because you have humbled her.
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But if you marry her and then decide you do not like her, you must let her go free. You may not sell her or treat her as a slave, for you have humiliated 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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When a man has two wives, one loved and the other hated, and they both give him sons, but the firstborn is from the hated wife,
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If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,
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"If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved,
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"Suppose a man has two wives, but he loves one and not the other, and both have given him sons. And suppose the firstborn son is the son of the wife he does not love.
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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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at the time he divides the inheritance with his sons he must not treat the son of the loved wife as the firstborn, cutting out the son of the hated wife, who is the actual firstborn.
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when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.
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then it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn.
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When the man divides the inheritance, he may not give the larger inheritance to his younger son, the son of the wife he loves.
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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.
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No, he must acknowledge the inheritance rights of the real firstborn, the son of the hated wife, by giving him a double share of the inheritance: that son is the first proof of his virility; the rights of the firstborn belong to him. [JC]
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He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father's strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him.
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But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
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He must give the customary double portion to his oldest son, who represents the strength of his father's manhood and who owns the rights of the firstborn son, even though he is the son of the wife his father does not love.
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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:
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When a man has a stubborn son, a real rebel who won't do a thing his mother and father tell him, and even though they discipline him he still won't obey,
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If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,
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"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them,
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"Suppose a man has a stubborn, rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.
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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;
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his father and mother shall forcibly bring him before the leaders at the city gate
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his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.
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then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city.
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In such cases, the father and mother must take the son before the leaders of the town.
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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.
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and say to the city fathers, "This son of ours is a stubborn rebel; he won't listen to a thing we say. He's a glutton and a drunk."
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They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard."
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And they shall say to the elders of his city, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.'
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They must declare: `This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a worthless drunkard.'
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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.
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Then all the men of the town are to throw rocks at him until he's dead. You will have purged the evil pollution from among you. All Israel will hear what's happened and be in awe. [JC]
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Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
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Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.
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Then all the men of the town must stone him to death. In this way, you will cleanse this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
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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:
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When a man has committed a capital crime, been given the death sentence, executed and hung from a tree,
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If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hung on a tree,
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"If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
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"If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and then hanged on a tree,
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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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don't leave his dead body hanging overnight from the tree. Give him a decent burial that same day so that you don't desecrate your GOD-given land--a hanged man is an insult to God.
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you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse. You must not desecrate the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God.
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the body must never remain on the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone hanging on a tree is cursed of God. Do not defile the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession.
