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Chapter 21 If one be found slain in the
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to

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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

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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

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of that city, shall take an heifer,
which hath not been wrought with,

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and which hath not drawn in the yoke.

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And the elders of that city shall bring
down the heifer unto a rough valley,

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which is neither eared nor sown,
and shall strike off the heifer's neck

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there in the valley.

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And the priests, the sons of Levi,
shall come near, for them the Lord thy God

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hath chosen to minister unto him,
and to bless in the name of the Lord.

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And by their word shall every controversy
and every stroke be tried.

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And all the elders of that city that are
next unto the slain man shall wash their

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hands over the heifer that is beheaded in
the valley.

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And they shall answer and say,
Our hands have not shed this blood,

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neither have our eyes seen it.

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Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people
Israel, whom thou hast redeemed,

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and lay not innocent blood unto thy people
of Israel's charge, and the blood shall be

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forgiven them.

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So shall thou put away the guilt of
innocent blood from among you,

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when thou shalt do that which is right in
the sight of the Lord.

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When thou goest forth to war against thine
enemies, and the Lord thy God hath

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delivered them into thine hands,
and thou hast taken them captive,

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and seest among the captives a beautiful
woman, and hast a desire unto her,

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that thou wouldest have her to thy wife,
then thou shalt bring her home to thine

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house, and she shall shave her head,
and pair her nails, and she shall put the

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raiment of her captivity from off her,
and shall remain in thine house,

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and bewail her father and her mother a
full month, and after that thou shalt go

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in unto her, and be her husband,
and she shall be thy wife.

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And it shall be, if thou have no delight
in her, then thou shalt let her go with

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the she will.

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But thou shalt not sell her at all for
money, thou shalt not make merchandise of

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her, because thou hast humbled her.

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If a man have two wives, one beloved and
another hated, and they have borne him

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children, both the beloved and the hated,
and if the firstborn son be hers that was

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hated, then it shall be, when he maketh
his sons to inherit that which he hath,

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that he may not make the son of the
beloved firstborn before the son of the

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hated, which is indeed the firstborn.

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But he shall acknowledge the son of the
hated for the firstborn, by giving him a

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double portion of all that he hath.

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For he is the beginning of his strength,
the right of the firstborn is his.

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If a man have a stubborn and rebellious
son, which will not obey the voice of his

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father, or the voice of his mother,
and that when they have chastened him,

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will not hearken unto them, then shall his
father and his mother lay hold on him,

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and bring him out unto the elders of his
city, and unto the gate of his place.

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And they shall say unto the elders of his
city, This our son is stubborn and

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rebellious, he will not obey our voice,
he is a glutton and a drunkard.

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And all the men of his city shall stone
him with stones that he die.

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So shalt thou put evil away from among
you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

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And if a man have committed a sin worthy
of death, and he be to be put to death,

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and thou hang him on a tree, his body
shall not remain all night upon the tree,

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but thou shalt in any wise bury him that
day.

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For he that is hanged is accursed of God,
that thy land be not defiled, which the

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Lord thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance.