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:
2
Then
thy
elders
and
thy
judges
shall
come
forth,
and
they
shall
measure
unto
the
cities
which
[are]
round
about
him
that
is
slain:
3
And
it
shall
be,
[that]
the
city
[which
is]
next
unto
the
slain
man,
even
the
elders
of
that
city
shall
take
an
heifer,
which
hath
not
been
wrought
with,
[and]
which
hath
not
drawn
in
the
yoke;
4
And
the
elders
of
that
city
shall
bring
down
the
heifer
unto
a
rough
valley,
which
is
neither
eared
nor
sown,
and
shall
strike
off
the
heifer’s
neck
there
in
the
valley:
5
And
the
priests
the
sons
of
Levi
shall
come
near;
for
them
the
LORD
thy
God
hath
chosen
to
minister
unto
him,
and
to
bless
in
the
name
of
the
LORD;
and
by
their
word
shall
every
controversy
and
every
stroke
be
[tried]:
6
And
all
the
elders
of
that
city,
[that
are]
next
unto
the
slain
[man],
shall
wash
their
hands
over
the
heifer
that
is
beheaded
in
the
valley:
7
And
they
shall
answer
and
say,
Our
hands
have
not
shed
this
blood,
neither
have
our
eyes
seen
[it].
8
Be
merciful,
O
LORD,
unto
thy
people
Israel,
whom
thou
hast
redeemed,
and
lay
not
innocent
blood
unto
thy
people
of
Israel’s
charge.
And
the
blood
shall
be
forgiven
them.
9
So
shalt
thou
put
away
the
[guilt
of]
innocent
blood
from
among
you,
when
thou
shalt
do
[that
which
is]
right
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD.
10
When
thou
goest
forth
to
war
against
thine
enemies,
and
the
LORD
thy
God
hath
delivered
them
into
thine
hands,
and
thou
hast
taken
them
captive,
11
And
seest
among
the
captives
a
beautiful
woman,
and
hast
a
desire
unto
her,
that
thou
wouldest
have
her
to
thy
wife;
12
Then
thou
shalt
bring
her
home
to
thine
house;
and
she
shall
shave
her
head,
and
pare
her
nails;
13
And
she
shall
put
the
raiment
of
her
captivity
from
off
her,
and
shall
remain
in
thine
house,
and
bewail
her
father
and
her
mother
a
full
month:
and
after
that
thou
shalt
go
in
unto
her,
and
be
her
husband,
and
she
shall
be
thy
wife.
14
And
it
shall
be,
if
thou
have
no
delight
in
her,
then
thou
shalt
let
her
go
whither
she
will;
but
thou
shalt
not
sell
her
at
all
for
money,
thou
shalt
not
make
merchandise
of
her,
because
thou
hast
humbled
her.
15
If
a
man
have
two
wives,
one
beloved,
and
another
hated,
and
they
have
born
him
children,
[both]
the
beloved
and
the
hated;
and
[if]
the
firstborn
son
be
hers
that
was
hated:
16
Then
it
shall
be,
when
he
maketh
his
sons
to
inherit
[that]
which
he
hath,
[that]
he
may
not
make
the
son
of
the
beloved
firstborn
before
the
son
of
the
hated,
[which
is
indeed]
the
firstborn:
17
But
he
shall
acknowledge
the
son
of
the
hated
[for]
the
firstborn,
by
giving
him
a
double
portion
of
all
that
he
hath:
for
he
[is]
the
beginning
of
his
strength;
the
right
of
the
firstborn
[is]
his.
18
If
a
man
have
a
stubborn
and
rebellious
son,
which
will
not
obey
the
voice
of
his
father,
or
the
voice
of
his
mother,
and
[that],
when
they
have
chastened
him,
will
not
hearken
unto
them:
19
Then
shall
his
father
and
his
mother
lay
hold
on
him,
and
bring
him
out
unto
the
elders
of
his
city,
and
unto
the
gate
of
his
place;
20
And
they
shall
say
unto
the
elders
of
his
city,
This
our
son
[is]
stubborn
and
rebellious,
he
will
not
obey
our
voice;
[he
is]
a
glutton,
and
a
drunkard.
21
And
all
the
men
of
his
city
shall
stone
him
with
stones,
that
he
die:
so
shalt
thou
put
evil
away
from
among
you;
and
all
Israel
shall
hear,
and
fear.
22
And
if
a
man
have
committed
a
sin
worthy
of
death,
and
he
be
to
be
put
to
death,
and
thou
hang
him
on
a
tree:
23
His
body
shall
not
remain
all
night
upon
the
tree,
but
thou
shalt
in
any
wise
bury
him
that
day;
(for
he
that
is
hanged
[is]
accursed
of
God;)
that
thy
land
be
not
defiled,
which
the
LORD
thy
God
giveth
thee
[for]
an
inheritance.