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Deuteronomy 21:1-9

1IfonebefoundH4672slaininthelandבָּאֲדָמָה֙ba.'a.da.MahH127whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth theetopossessH3423,lyinginthefieldH7704, [and]itbenotknownH3045whohathsmittenhim,

2thenthineeldersזְקֵנֶ֖יךָze.ke.Nei.chaH2205andthyjudgesH8199shallgoוְיָצְא֥וּve.ya.tze.'UH3318forthH3318,andtheyshallmeasureוּמָדְדוּ֙u.ma.de.DuH4058untothecitiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892whichareroundH5439abouthimthatisslainהֶחָלָֽל׃he.cha.LalH2491;

3andthecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892thatisnearestהַקְּרֹבָ֖הha.ke.ro.VahH7138untohimthatisslainהֶחָלָ֑לhe.cha.LalH2491,eventheeldersזִקְנֵי֩zik.NeiH2205ofthatcityהָעִ֨ירha.'IrH5892shalltakeוְלָֽקְח֡וּve.la.ke.ChuH3947aheiferעֶגְלַ֣ת'eg.LatH5697thathathnotbeenוְהָיָ֣הve.ha.YahH1961wroughtwith,thathathnotdrawnH4900intheyokeבְּעֹֽל׃be.'OlH5923;

4andtheeldersזִקְנֵי֩zik.NeiH2205ofthatcityהָעִ֨ירha.'IrH5892shallbringוְהוֹרִ֡דוּve.ho.Ri.duH3381downtheheiferH5697untoanever-flowingwatercourse,whichisnottilled,norisitsownH2232,andshallbreakוְעָֽרְפוּ־ve.'a.re.fu-H6202theheifer'sneckH6202thereinthewatercourse;

5andthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִים֮ha.ko.ha.NimH3548thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofLeviלֵוִי֒le.ViH3878shallcomenear;forthemJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathchosenH977todoserviceuntohim,andtoblessוּלְבָרֵ֖ךְu.le.va.RekhH1288inthenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034ofJehovah;andaccordingtotheirwordshallbeיִהְיֶ֖הyih.YehH1961everycontroversyandeverystroke.

6Andalltheeldersזִקְנֵי֙zik.NeiH2205ofthatcityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892,thatarenearestהַקְּרֹבִ֖יםha.ke.ro.VimH7138untohimthatisslainהֶחָלָ֑לhe.cha.LalH2491,shallwashיִרְחֲצוּ֙yir.cha.TzuH7364theirhandsיְדֵיהֶ֔םye.dei.HemH3027overtheheiferהָעֶגְלָ֖הha.'eg.LahH5697whoseneckH6202isbrokenH6202inthewatercourse,

7andshallanswerוְעָנ֖וּve.'a.NuH6030andsayוְאָמְר֑וּve.'a.me.RuH559,Ourhandsיָדֵ֗ינוּya.Dei.nuH3027havenotshedשָֽׁפְכוּ֙sha.fe.khahH8210thisbloodהַדָּ֣םha.DamH1818,neitherhaveoureyesוְעֵינֵ֖ינוּve.'ei.Nei.nuH5869seenH7200it.

8Forgivethypeopleלְעַמְּךָ֨le.'a.me.KhaH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whomthou,Jehovah, hastredeemedH6299,andlaynotinnocentנָקִ֔יna.KiH5355bloodדָּ֣םdamH1818tothechargeofthypeopleעַמְּךָ֣'a.me.KhaH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478;andthebloodהַדָּֽם׃ha.DamH1818shallbeexpiatedforthem.

9Soshalt thou put awayinnocentהַנָּקִ֖יha.na.KiH5355bloodהַדָּ֥םha.DamH1818fromthymidstמִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָmi.kir.Be.chaH7130,whenthou shaltdowhatisrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477intheeyesבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofJehovah.

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