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Deuteronomy 21

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1If 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:

2Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

3And 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;

4And 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:

5And 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:

6And 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:

7And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

8Be 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.

9So 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.

10When 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,

11And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13And 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.

14And 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.

15If 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:

16Then 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:

17But 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.

18If 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:

19Then 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;

20And 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.

21And 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.

22And 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:

23His 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.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֵתʼêthH85317× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • לֹאlôʼH380814× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • כִּיkîyH358811× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • הָיָהhâyâhH196110× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • אֵלʼêlH41310× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83410× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • בֵּןbênH11219× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • עִירʻîyrH58928× in this chapter

    a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • זָקֵןzâqênH22056× in this chapter

    old

  • כֹּלkôlH36056× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • הוּאhûwʼH19315× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4305× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • נָתַןnâthanH54145× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • דָּםdâmH18184× in this chapter

    blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

  • חָלָלchâlâlH24914× in this chapter

    pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

  • עֶגְלָהʻeglâhH56974× in this chapter

    a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)

  • אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8024× in this chapter

    a woman

  • שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80854× in this chapter

    to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

  • שָׂנֵאsânêʼH81304× in this chapter

    to hate (personally)

  • אָבʼâbH13× in this chapter

    father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

  • בְּכוֹרbᵉkôwrH10603× in this chapter

    firstborn; hence, chief

  • אָהַבʼâhabH1573× in this chapter

    to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

  • יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • יָצָאyâtsâʼH33183× in this chapter

    to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34783× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • נַחַלnachalH51583× in this chapter

    a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

  • אֵםʼêmH5173× in this chapter

    a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

  • קוֹלqôwlH69633× in this chapter

    a voice or sound

  • קֶרֶבqerebH71303× in this chapter

    properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

  • בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • בָּעַרbâʻarH11972× in this chapter

    to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

  • אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhH1272× in this chapter

    soil (from its general redness)

  • זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • אֶחָדʼechâdH2592× in this chapter

    properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

  • אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter

    a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle

  • כָּפַרkâpharH37222× in this chapter

    to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel

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