Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Your leaders and judges are to go out and measure the distance from the place where the body was found to each of the nearby towns. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about: Deuteronomy 16:18,19 Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment, . . . Romans 13:3,4 For princes are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good: and thou shalt have praise from the same. . . . Context The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder1When there shall be found in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder, 2Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about:3And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground,… Cross References Deuteronomy 21:1 When there shall be found in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder, Deuteronomy 21:3 And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground, Additional Translations your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him that is slain:then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: thine elders and thy judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man: then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain; then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain: then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain: then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one, Jump to Previous Body Cities Dead Distance Elders Judges Measure Neighboring Orders Responsible Round Slain TownsJump to Next Body Cities Dead Distance Elders Judges Measure Neighboring Orders Responsible Round Slain TownsLinks Deuteronomy 21:2 NIVDeuteronomy 21:2 NLT Deuteronomy 21:2 ESV Deuteronomy 21:2 NASB Deuteronomy 21:2 KJV Deuteronomy 21:2 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 21:2 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 21:2 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 21:2 French Bible Deuteronomy 21:2 German Bible Alphabetical: and are around body cities distance elders from go judges measure neighboring one out shall slain the then to towns which your OT Law: Deuteronomy 21:2 Then your elders and your judges shall (Deut. De Du) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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