Deuteronomy 21:1

כִּי ־ יִמָּצֵא חָלָל בָּאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ נֹפֵל בַּשָּׂדֶה לֹא נוֹדַע מִי הִכָּֽהוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2וְיָצְאוּ זְקֵנֶיךָ וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָ וּמָדְדוּ אֶל ־ הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹת הֶחָלָֽל ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 5:6לֹֽא ־ יִתְיַצְּבוּ הֽוֹלְלִים לְנֶגֶד עֵינֶיךָ שָׂנֵאתָ כָּל ־ פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן ׃

Proverbs 28:17אָדָם עָשֻׁק בְּדַם ־ נָפֶשׁ עַד ־ בּוֹר יָנוּס אַל ־ יִתְמְכוּ ־ בֽוֹ ׃

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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