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Deuteronomy 21:1
Deuteronomy 21:1 is verse 1 of Deuteronomy chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
King James Version
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:
World English Bible
If someone is found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,
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Deuteronomy 21:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
2 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
3 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”