"Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which {are} round about him that…" — Deuteronomy 21:2

Deuteronomy 21:2 · KJV

“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 21:2

Verse 1

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:

Verse 3

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;

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;

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:

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

Romans 13:3-4

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: