If (one) is found slain , lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving to possess , and it is not known who killed him ,
your elders and Judges - must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities -.
Then the elders ... ... of the city nearest - the victim shall take a heifer ... that has never been yoked or used for work ,
bring - - - - the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed - or sown , and break its neck there - by the stream.
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.
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 ,
and they shall declare , ... “ Our hands did not shed - this blood , nor did our eyes see it.
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.
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.
When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive ,
if you see a beautiful ... woman among (them) , and you desire and want to take as your wife ,
then you shall bring her into ... your house. She must shave - her head , trim - her nails ,
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.
And if you are not pleased 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.
If a man has two wives , one beloved and the other unloved , and (both) ... bear sons , but the unloved wife has the firstborn son ,
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 ....
Instead , - he must acknowledge the firstborn , the son of his unloved wife , by giving a double portion of all that he has For (that son) is the firstfruits of his (father’s) strength ; the right of the firstborn
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 - ,
his father and mother are to lay hold and bring him to the elders of his city , to the gate of his hometown ,
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. ”
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.
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death , and he is executed , and you hang his body on a tree ,
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 as an inheritance.