New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 21:2-8
2then your eldersH2205 and your judgesH8199 shall goH3318 outH3318 and measureH4058 the distance to the citiesH5892 whichH834 are aroundH5439 the oneH2491 who was killedH2491.
3And it shall be that the cityH5892 which is nearestH7138 to the personH2491 killedH2491, that is, that the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall takeH3947 a heiferH5697 of the herdH1241 that has not been workedH5647 1and has not pulledH4900 in a yokeH5923;
4and the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall bringH3381 the heiferH5697 downH3381 to a valleyH5158 with runningH386 waterH386, whichH834 has not been plowedH5647 or sownH2232, and they shall breakH6202 the heifer’sH5697 neckH6202 thereH8033 in the valleyH5158.
5Then 2the priestsH3548, the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878, shall comeH5066 forwardH5066, becauseH3588 the LordH3068 your GodH430 has chosenH977 them to serveH8334 Him and to blessH1288 in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068; and everyH3605 disputeH7379 and 3violentH5061 crimeH5061 shall be 4settledH5921H6310 by them.
6And allH3605 the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 5which is nearestH7138 to the personH2491 killedH2491 shall 6washH7364 their handsH3027 overH5921 the heiferH5697 whose neckH6202 wasH6202 brokenH6202 in the valleyH5158;
7and they shall respondH6030 and sayH559, ‘Our handsH3027 did not shedH8210 thisH2088 bloodH1818, norH3808 did our eyesH5869 seeH7200 who did.
87ForgiveH3722 Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478 whomH834 You have redeemedH6299, LordH3068, and do not placeH5414 the guiltH1818 forH1818 8innocentH5355 bloodH1818 in the midstH7130 of Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478.’ And the guiltH1818 forH1818 bloodshedH1818 shall be 9forgivenH3722 them.
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 21:3 Lit which has not ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 21:5 Deut 17:9-11; 19:17; 1 Chr 23:13 ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit blow ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit according to their mouth ↩
- 5. Deuteronomy 21:6 Lit who are ↩
- 6. Deuteronomy 21:6 Matt 27:24 ↩
- 7. Deuteronomy 21:8 Lit Cover over, atone for ↩
- 8. Deuteronomy 21:8 Num 35:33, 34; Jon 1:14 ↩
- 9. Deuteronomy 21:8 Lit covered over, atoned for ↩
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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