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Deuteronomy 21:2
then shall thine elders and thy judges go forth,—and measure unto the cities that are round about the slain;
Deuteronomy 21:2 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Deuteronomy 21:2 in other translations
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.
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In context
1 When there shall be found one slain on the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to possess, lying prostrate in the field,—it not being known who smote him,
2 then shall thine elders and thy judges go forth,—and measure unto the cities that are round about the slain;
3 and it shall be that the city that is nearest unto the slain, the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in a yoke;
4 and the elders of that city shall take down the heifer into a ravine with an everflowing stream, which is neither tilled nor sown,—and shall behead there the heifer in the ravine.
5 Then shall the priests the sons of Levi come near, for of them, hath Yahweh thy God made choice to wait upon him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh,—and at their bidding, shall be settled every controversy and every punishment;
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