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Deuteronomy 21:1 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 21 · verse 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:Deuteronomy 21:1 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 21:1 in context
1If 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:
2Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
3And 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;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- possessyârashto occupyH3423 →
- givethnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- foundmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
- slainchâlâlpiercedH2491 →
- lyingnâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
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Care had been taken by some preceding laws for the vigorous and effectual persecution of a wilful murderer (Deu 19:11 etc.), the putting of whom to death was the putting away of the guilt of blood from the land;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9