Deuteronomy 21:1

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:

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In Context

2Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

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Cross References

Psalms 5:6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Proverbs 28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

Acts 28:4And 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.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:1

In this chapter provision is made, I. For the putting away of the guilt of blood from the land, when he that shed it had fled from justice, ver. 1-9 . II. For the preserving of the honour of a captive maid, ver. 10-14 . III. For the securing of the right of a first-born son, though he were not a favourite, ver. 15-17 . IV. For the restraining and punishing of a rebellious son, ver. 18-21 . V. For the maintaining of the honour of human bodies, which must not be hanged in chains, but decently buried, even the bodies… Read the whole commentary →

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