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Deuteronomy 21:2
then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one,
Deuteronomy 21:2 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it--fallen in a field--it is not known who hath smitten him,
2 then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one,
3 and it hath been, the city which is near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke,
4 and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.
5 `And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh--for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke--
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