If 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:
Then thy elders and thy judges
shall come forth
, and they shall measure
unto the cities
which are round about
him that is slain
:
And 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
;
And 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
:
And 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 :
And 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
:
And they shall answer and say
, Our hands
have not shed
this blood
, neither have our eyes
seen
it .
Be 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.
So 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
.
When 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
,
And seest among the captives
a beautiful
woman
, and hast a desire
unto her, that thou wouldest have her
to thy wife
;
Then thou shalt bring her home
to thine house
; and she shall shave
her head
, and pare
her nails
;
And 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
.
And 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.
If 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
:
Then 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
:
But 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.
If 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:
Then 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
;
And 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
.
And 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
.
And 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
:
His 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
.