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Deuteronomy 21
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Deuteronomy 21 . 1
1 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,TOSKDeuteronomy 21:1
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2 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:2
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3 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,TOSKDeuteronomy 21:3
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4 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:4
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5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:5
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6 Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,TOSKDeuteronomy 21:6
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7 and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:7
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8 Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:8
Deuteronomy 21 . 9
9 So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:9
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10 When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,TOSKDeuteronomy 21:10
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11 if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,TOSKDeuteronomy 21:11
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12 then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,TOSKDeuteronomy 21:12
Deuteronomy 21 . 13
13 and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:13
Deuteronomy 21 . 14
14 And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:14
Deuteronomy 21 . 15
15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,IPLuke 14:26TOSKDeuteronomy 21:15
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16 when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:16
Deuteronomy 21 . 17
17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.TOSKDeuteronomy 21:17TTElisha (Double Portion of Spirit)
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18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,IPExodus 21:15 Exodus 21:15 Exodus 21:17 Exodus 21:17 Leviticus 20:9 Leviticus 20:9TOSKDeuteronomy 21:18
Deuteronomy 21 . 19
19 his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,IPExodus 21:15 Exodus 21:17 Leviticus 20:9TOSKDeuteronomy 21:19
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20 and say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard."IPExodus 21:15 Exodus 21:17 Leviticus 20:9TOSKDeuteronomy 21:20
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21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.IPExodus 21:15 Exodus 21:17 Leviticus 20:9TOSKDeuteronomy 21:21
Deuteronomy 21 . 22
22 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,IPJohn 19:31 Acts 10:39 Acts 5:30 Joshua 8:29 Joshua 10:26-27 Acts 13:29 John 19:38-42TOSKDeuteronomy 21:22ATNCursed Is He Who Hangs
Deuteronomy 21 . 23
23 you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.IPJohn 19:31 Acts 10:39 Acts 5:30 Galatians 3:13 Joshua 8:29 Joshua 10:26-27 Acts 13:29 John 19:38-42TOSKDeuteronomy 21:23ATNCursed Is He Who Hangs
Intertextuality Pairs 18
- 1 Peter 2:24 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- 2 Samuel 21:9-14 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- Acts 5:30 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- Acts 10:39 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- Acts 13:29 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- Deuteronomy 21:18 to Exodus 21:15
- Deuteronomy 21:18 to Exodus 21:17
- Deuteronomy 21:18 to Leviticus 20:9
- Deuteronomy 21:18-21 to Exodus 21:15
- Deuteronomy 21:18-21 to Exodus 21:17
- Deuteronomy 21:18-21 to Leviticus 20:9
- Galatians 3:13 to Deuteronomy 21:23
- Hebrews 13:12-13 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- John 19:31 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- John 19:38-42 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- Joshua 8:29 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- Joshua 10:26-27 to Deuteronomy 21:22-23
- Luke 14:26 to Deuteronomy 21:15