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If one be found[H4672]slain[H2491] in the land[H127] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]giveth[H5414] thee to possess[H3423] it, lying[H5307] in the field[H7704], and it be not known[H3045] who hath slain[H5221] him:
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Then thy elders[H2205] and thy judges[H8199] shall come forth[H3318], and they shall measure[H4058] unto the cities[H5892] which are round about[H5439] him that is slain[H2491]:
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And it shall be, that the city[H5892] which is next[H7138] unto the slain man[H2491], even the elders[H2205] of that city[H5892] shall take[H3947] an heifer[H1241], which hath not been wrought with[H5647], and which hath not drawn[H4900] in the yoke[H5923];
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And the elders[H2205] of that city[H5892] shall bring down[H3381] the heifer[H5697] unto a rough[H386]valley[H5158], which is neither eared[H5647] nor sown[H2232], and shall strike off[H6202] the heifer[H5697]'s neck[H6202] there in the valley[H5158]:
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And the priests[H3548] the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878] shall come near[H5066]; for them the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath chosen[H977] to minister[H8334] unto him, and to bless[H1288] in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068]; and by their word[H6310] shall every controversy[H7379] and every stroke[H5061] be tried:
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And all the elders[H2205] of that city[H5892], that are next[H7138] unto the slain[H2491] man, shall wash[H7364] their hands[H3027] over the heifer[H5697] that is beheaded[H6202] in the valley[H5158]:
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And they shall answer[H6030] and say[H559], Our hands[H3027] have not shed[H8210] this blood[H1818], neither have our eyes[H5869]seen[H7200] it.
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Be merciful[H3722], O LORD[H3068], unto thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], whom thou hast redeemed[H6299], and lay[H5414] not innocent[H5355]blood[H1818] unto thy people[H5971] of Israel[H3478]'s charge[H7130]. And the blood[H1818] shall be forgiven[H3722] them.
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So shalt thou put away[H1197] the guilt of innocent[H5355]blood[H1818] from among[H7130] you, when thou shalt do[H6213] that which is right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068].
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When thou goest forth[H3318] to war[H4421] against thine enemies[H341], and the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath delivered[H5414] them into thine hands[H3027], and thou hast taken[H7617] them captive[H7628],
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And seest[H7200] among the captives[H7633] a beautiful[H8389]woman[H802], and hast a desire[H2836] unto her[H3947], that thou wouldest have her[H3947] to thy wife[H802];
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Then thou shalt bring[H935] her home[H8432] to thine house[H1004]; and she shall shave[H1548] her head[H7218], and pare[H6213] her nails[H6856];
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And she shall put[H5493] the raiment[H8071] of her captivity[H7628] from off her, and shall remain[H3427] in thine house[H1004], and bewail[H1058] her father[H1] and her mother[H517] a full[H3117]month[H3391]: and after[H310] that thou shalt go[H935] in unto her, and be her husband[H1166], and she shall be thy wife[H802].
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And it shall be, if thou have no delight[H2654] in her, then thou shalt let her go[H7971] whither she will[H5315]; but thou shalt not sell[H4376] her at all[H4376] for money[H3701], thou shalt not make merchandise[H6014] of her, because[H834] thou hast humbled[H6031] her.
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If a man[H376] have two[H8147]wives[H802], one[H259]beloved[H157], and another[H259]hated[H8130], and they have born[H3205] him children[H1121], both the beloved[H157] and the hated[H8146]; and if the firstborn[H1060]son[H1121] be hers that was hated[H8146]:
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Then it shall be, when[H3117] he maketh his sons[H1121] to inherit[H5157] that which he hath, that he may[H3201] not make the son[H1121] of the beloved[H157]firstborn[H1069]before[H6440] the son[H1121] of the hated[H8130], which is indeed the firstborn[H1060]:
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But he shall acknowledge[H5234] the son[H1121] of the hated[H8130] for the firstborn[H1060], by giving[H5414] him a double[H8147]portion[H6310] of all that he hath[H4672]: for he is the beginning[H7225] of his strength[H202]; the right[H4941] of the firstborn[H1062] is his.
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If a man[H376] have a stubborn[H5637] and rebellious[H4784]son[H1121], which will not obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of his father[H1], or the voice[H6963] of his mother[H517], and that, when they have chastened[H3256] him, will not hearken[H8085] unto them:
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Then shall his father[H1] and his mother[H517] lay hold[H8610] on him, and bring him out[H3318] unto the elders[H2205] of his city[H5892], and unto the gate[H8179] of his place[H4725];
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And they shall say[H559] unto the elders[H2205] of his city[H5892], This our son[H1121] is stubborn[H5637] and rebellious[H4784], he will not obey[H8085] our voice[H6963]; he is a glutton[H2151], and a drunkard[H5433].
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And all the men[H582] of his city[H5892] shall stone[H7275] him with stones[H68], that he die[H4191]: so shalt thou put[H1197]evil[H7451]away[H1197] from among[H7130] you; and all Israel[H3478] shall hear[H8085], and fear[H3372].
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And if a man[H376] have committed a sin[H2399] worthy of[H4941]death[H4194], and he be to be put to death[H4191], and thou hang[H8518] him on a tree[H6086]:
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His body[H5038] shall not remain all night[H3885] upon the tree[H6086], but thou shalt in any wise[H6912]bury[H6912] him that day;(for he that is hanged[H8518] is accursed[H7045] of God[H430];) that thy land[H127] be not defiled[H2930], which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]giveth[H5414] thee for an inheritance[H5159].