Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer’s neck. New Living Translation They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the heifer’s neck. English Standard Version And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. Berean Standard Bible bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream. King James Bible And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: New King James Version The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. New American Standard Bible and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. NASB 1995 and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. NASB 1977 and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. Legacy Standard Bible and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. Amplified Bible and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a [river] valley with running water, which has not been plowed or planted, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. Christian Standard Bible The elders of that city will bring the cow down to a continually flowing stream, to a place not tilled or sown, and they will break its neck there by the stream. Holman Christian Standard Bible The elders of that city will bring the cow down to a continually flowing stream, to a place not tilled or sown, and they will break its neck there by the stream. American Standard Version and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. English Revised Version and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley: GOD'S WORD® Translation The leaders of that city will bring the heifer down to a river, to a location where the land hasn't been plowed or planted. At the river they must break the heifer's neck. Good News Translation They are to take it down to a spot near a stream that never runs dry and where the ground has never been plowed or planted, and there they are to break its neck. International Standard Version and are to lead the heifer to a flowing stream in a valley that has never been tilled or planted. They are to break the heifer's neck there. Majority Standard Bible bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream. NET Bible and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer's neck. New Heart English Bible and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. Webster's Bible Translation And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rough valley, which is neither tilled nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley; World English Bible The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand [the] elderly of that city have brought down the heifer to a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded the heifer there in the valley. Young's Literal Translation and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley. Smith's Literal Translation And the old men of that city brought down the heifer to a perennial valley which shall not be worked in it, and shall not be sown, and they break there the neck of the heifer in the valley; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer: Catholic Public Domain Version And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf. New American Bible the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a wadi with an everflowing stream at a place that has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the wadi. New Revised Standard Version the elders of that town shall bring the heifer down to a wadi with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the wadi. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a barren valley which has never been ploughed nor sown, and shall slaughter the heifer there in the valley; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the Elders of this city shall bring down the heifer to a barren valley that is not cultivated and was not sown, and slaughter the heifer there in the valley: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which may neither be plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall slay the heifer in the valley. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder…3Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work, 4bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream. 5And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.… Cross References Numbers 35:33-34 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. / Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.” Leviticus 17:13 And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind. Exodus 21:12-14 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death. / If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. / But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death. Numbers 35:6-8 Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities. / The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands. / The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.” Joshua 20:1-9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, / “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, / so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. ... 1 Samuel 6:14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. 2 Samuel 21:1-9 During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.” / At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.) / So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?” ... Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him. Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.” Hebrews 9:22 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Romans 3:25 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. Acts 3:14-15 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. / You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact. Treasury of Scripture And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: shall strike 1 Peter 2:21-24 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: … 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: Jump to Previous Break City Cow Elders Ever-Flowing Hard Heifer Heifer's Lead Neck Planted Ploughed Plowed Rough Running Sown Stream Strike Tilled Valley Water WatercourseJump to Next Break City Cow Elders Ever-Flowing Hard Heifer Heifer's Lead Neck Planted Ploughed Plowed Rough Running Sown Stream Strike Tilled Valley Water WatercourseDeuteronomy 21 1. The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder10. The usage of a captive taken to wife 15. The firstborn is not to be disinherited upon private affection 18. A rebellious son is to be stoned to death 22. The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree the elders of that city In ancient Israel, the elders were respected leaders and decision-makers within the community. The Hebrew word for "elders" is "זְקֵנִים" (zəqēnîm), which denotes those with wisdom and experience. Their involvement in this ritual underscores the communal responsibility for justice and purity, reflecting the importance of leadership in maintaining societal order and spiritual integrity. shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water which has not been plowed or sown they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew bringוְהוֹרִ֡דוּ (wə·hō·w·ri·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend the heifer הָֽעֶגְלָה֙ (hā·‘eḡ·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to a valley נַ֣חַל (na·ḥal) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft with running water אֵיתָ֔ן (’ê·ṯān) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 386: Perennial, ever-flowing, permanence that אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that has not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no been plowed יֵעָבֵ֥ד (yê·‘ā·ḇêḏ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave or sown, יִזָּרֵ֑עַ (yiz·zā·rê·a‘) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify and break its הָעֶגְלָ֖ה (hā·‘eḡ·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown neck וְעָֽרְפוּ־ (wə·‘ā·rə·p̄ū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6202: To break the neck, to destroy there שָׁ֥ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither by the stream. בַּנָּֽחַל׃ (ban·nā·ḥal) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft Links Deuteronomy 21:4 NIVDeuteronomy 21:4 NLT Deuteronomy 21:4 ESV Deuteronomy 21:4 NASB Deuteronomy 21:4 KJV Deuteronomy 21:4 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 21:4 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 21:4 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 21:4 French Bible Deuteronomy 21:4 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 21:4 And the elders of that city shall (Deut. 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