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Deuteronomy 21:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke. "

Deuteronomy 21:3

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1 If someone is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,

2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.

3 It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke.

4 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.

5 The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the LORD’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.

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From This Chapter

Deuteronomy 21:1

"If someone is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,"

Deuteronomy 21:2

"then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain."

Deuteronomy 21:4

"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."

Deuteronomy 21:5

"The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the LORD’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided."

Deuteronomy 21:6

"All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley."

Deuteronomy 21:7

"They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it."

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