"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 no…" — Deuteronomy 21:1

Deuteronomy 21:1 · KJV

“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:”

— Deuteronomy 21:1

Verse 2

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which {are} round about him that is slain:

Deuteronomy 21 — Context

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:

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which {are} round about him that is slain:

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;

Cross References

Isaiah 26:21

For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. {blood: Heb. bloods}

Psalms 5:6

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. {bloody...: Heb. man of bloods and deceit}

Acts 28:4

And when the barbarians saw the {venomous} beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

Proverbs 28:17

A man that doeth violence to the blood of {any} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

Psalms 9:12

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}