Deuteronomy 21:2
“Then thy Elders and thy Iudges shall come forth, and they shall measure vnto the cities which are round about him that is slaine.”
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Deuteronomy 21:2 Context
1If one bee found slaine in the lande, which the Lord thy God giueth thee to possesse it, lying in the fielde, and it bee not knowen who hath slaine him: 2Then thy Elders and thy Iudges shall come forth, and they shall measure vnto the cities which are round about him that is slaine. 3And it shall be that the citie which is next vnto the slaine man, euen the Elders of that citie shall take an heifer which hath not bene wrought with, and which hath not drawen in the yoke. 4And the Elders of that citie shall bring downe the heifer vnto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sowen, and shall strike off the heifers necke there in the valley.
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Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain:
- King James Version
then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure {the distance} to the cities which are around the slain one.
- New American Standard Version (1995)