Deuteronomy 21:1
Someone may be found murdered, lying in a field in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own, and nobody knows who killed them.
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2Your elders and judges must come and measure the distance from the body to the surrounding towns.
Cross References
Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies. The Lord loathes bloodthirsty and deceptive people.
Proverbs 28:17Someone guilty of murder will go on running away from it until they die. Don't try and stop them.
Acts 28:4When the people there saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer. Even though he escaped death from the sea, Justice won't let him 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 →