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:

If one be found {H4672} slain {H2491} in the land {H127} which the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430} giveth {H5414} thee to possess {H3423} it, lying {H5307} in the field {H7704}, and it be not known {H3045} who hath slain {H5221} him:

"If, in the land ADONAI your God is giving you to possess, a murder victim is found lying in the countryside; and the perpetrator of the murder is not known;

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,

If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 26:21 (4 votes)

    For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • Psalms 5:6 (3 votes)

    Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  • Psalms 9:12 (3 votes)

    When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

  • Acts 28:4 (3 votes)

    And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

  • Proverbs 28:17 (3 votes)

    ¶ A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.