Dual Panel1If [one] be found <04672> (8735) slain <02491> in the land <0127> which the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> giveth <05414> (8802) thee to possess <03423> (8800) it, lying <05307> (8802) in the field <07704>_, [and] it be not known <03045> (8738) who hath slain <05221> (8689) him:
2Then thy elders <02205> and thy judges <08199> (8802) shall come forth <03318> (8804)_, and they shall measure <04058> (8804) unto the cities <05892> which [are] round about <05439> him that is slain <02491>_:
3And it shall be, [that] the city <05892> [which is] next <07138> unto the slain man <02491>_, even the elders <02205> of that city <05892> shall take <03947> (8804) an heifer <01241> <05697>_, which hath not been wrought with <05647> (8795)_, [and] which hath not drawn <04900> (8804) in the yoke <05923>_;
4And the elders <02205> of that city <05892> shall bring down <03381> (8689) the heifer <05697> unto a rough <0386> valley <05158>_, which is neither eared <05647> (8735) nor sown <02232> (8735)_, and shall strike off <06202> (0) the heifer's <05697> neck <06202> (8804) there in the valley <05158>_:
5And the priests <03548> the sons <01121> of Levi <03878> shall come near <05066> (8738)_; for them the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> hath chosen <0977> (8804) to minister <08334> (8763) unto him, and to bless <01288> (8763) in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>_; and by their word <06310> shall every controversy <07379> and every stroke <05061> be [tried]: {word: Heb. mouth}
6And all the elders <02205> of that city <05892>_, [that are] next <07138> unto the slain <02491> [man], shall wash <07364> (8799) their hands <03027> over the heifer <05697> that is beheaded <06202> (8803) in the valley <05158>_:
7And they shall answer <06030> (8804) and say <0559> (8804)_, Our hands <03027> have not shed <08210> (8804) this blood <01818>_, neither have our eyes <05869> seen <07200> (8804) [it].
8Be merciful <03722> (8761)_, O LORD <03068>_, unto thy people <05971> Israel <03478>_, whom thou hast redeemed <06299> (8804)_, and lay <05414> (8799) not innocent <05355> blood <01818> unto thy people <05971> of Israel's <03478> charge <07130>_. And the blood <01818> shall be forgiven <03722> (8694) them. {unto thy people of: Heb. in the midst, etc}
9So shalt thou put away <01197> (8762) the [guilt of] innocent <05355> blood <01818> from among <07130> you, when thou shalt do <06213> (8799) [that which is] right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_.
10When thou goest forth <03318> (8799) to war <04421> against thine enemies <0341> (8802)_, and the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> hath delivered <05414> (8804) them into thine hands <03027>_, and thou hast taken <07617> (8804) them captive <07628>_,
11And seest <07200> (8804) among the captives <07633> a beautiful <08389> <03303> woman <0802>_, and hast a desire <02836> (8804) unto her, that thou wouldest have her <03947> (8804) to thy wife <0802>_;
12Then thou shalt bring <0935> (8689) her home <08432> to thine house <01004>_; and she shall shave <01548> (8765) her head <07218>_, and pare <06213> (8804) her nails <06856>_; {pare: or, suffer to grow: Heb. make, or, dress}
13And she shall put <05493> (8689) the raiment <08071> of her captivity <07628> from off her, and shall remain <03427> (8804) in thine house <01004>_, and bewail <01058> (8804) her father <01> and her mother <0517> a full <03117> month <03391>_: and after <0310> that thou shalt go <0935> (8799) in unto her, and be her husband <01166> (8804)_, and she shall be thy wife <0802>_.
14And it shall be, if thou have no delight <02654> (8804) in her, then thou shalt let her go <07971> (8765) whither she will <05315>_; but thou shalt not sell <04376> (8799) her at all <04376> (8800) for money <03701>_, thou shalt not make merchandise <06014> (8691) of her, because <0834> thou hast humbled <06031> (8765) her.
15If a man <0376> have two <08147> wives <0802>_, one <0259> beloved <0157> (8803)_, and another <0259> hated <08130> (8803)_, and they have born <03205> (8804) him children <01121>_, [both] the beloved <0157> (8803) and the hated <08130> (8803)_; and [if] the firstborn <01060> son <01121> be hers that was hated <08146>_:
16Then it shall be, when <03117> he maketh his sons <01121> to inherit <05157> (8687) [that] which he hath, [that] he may <03201> (8799) not make the son <01121> of the beloved <0157> (8803) firstborn <01069> (8763) before <06440> the son <01121> of the hated <08130> (8803)_, [which is indeed] the firstborn <01060>_:
17But he shall acknowledge <05234> (8686) the son <01121> of the hated <08130> (8803) [for] the firstborn <01060>_, by giving <05414> (8800) him a double <08147> portion <06310> of all that he hath <04672> (8735)_: for he [is] the beginning <07225> of his strength <0202>_; the right <04941> of the firstborn <01062> [is] his. {that...: Heb. that is found with him}
18If a man <0376> have a stubborn <05637> (8802) and rebellious <04784> (8802) son <01121>_, which will not obey <08085> (8802) the voice <06963> of his father <01>_, or the voice <06963> of his mother <0517>_, and [that], when they have chastened <03256> (8765) him, will not hearken <08085> (8799) unto them:
19Then shall his father <01> and his mother <0517> lay hold <08610> (8804) on him, and bring him out <03318> (8689) unto the elders <02205> of his city <05892>_, and unto the gate <08179> of his place <04725>_;
20And they shall say <0559> (8804) unto the elders <02205> of his city <05892>_, This our son <01121> [is] stubborn <05637> (8802) and rebellious <04784> (8802)_, he will not obey <08085> (8802) our voice <06963>_; [he is] a glutton <02151> (8802)_, and a drunkard <05433> (8802)_.
21And all the men <0582> of his city <05892> shall stone <07275> (8804) him with stones <068>_, that he die <04191> (8804)_: so shalt thou put <01197> (0) evil <07451> away <01197> (8765) from among <07130> you; and all Israel <03478> shall hear <08085> (8799)_, and fear <03372> (8799)_.
22And if a man <0376> have committed a sin <02399> worthy of <04941> death <04194>_, and he be to be put to death <04191> (8717)_, and thou hang <08518> (8804) him on a tree <06086>_:
23His body <05038> shall not remain all night <03885> (8799) upon the tree <06086>_, but thou shalt in any wise <06912> (8800) bury <06912> (8799) him that day <03117>_; (for he that is hanged <08518> (8803) [is] accursed <07045> of God <0430>;) that thy land <0127> be not defiled <02930> (8762)_, which the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> giveth <05414> (8802) thee [for] an inheritance <05159>_. {accursed...: Heb. the curse of God}