King James Version (KJV)
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:”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 21
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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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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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