<vn='1'><sn="3588">If</s> one be <sn="4672">found</s><sn="2491">slain</s> in the <sn="127">land</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">giveth</s> thee to <sn="3423">possess</s> it, <sn="5307">lying</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>, and it be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">known</s><sn="4310">who</s> hath <sn="5221">slain</s> him: </v>
<vn='2'>Then thy <sn="2205">elders</s> and thy <sn="8199">judges</s> shall come <sn="3318">forth</s>, and they shall <sn="4058">measure</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> are round <sn="5439">about</s> him that is <sn="2491">slain</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that the <sn="5892">city</s> which is <sn="7138">next</s><sn="413">unto</s> the slain <sn="2491">man</s>, even the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1931">that</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall <sn="3947">take</s> a <sn="5697 1241">heifer</s>, <sn="834">which</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s> been <sn="5647">wrought</s> with, and <sn="834">which</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4900">drawn</s> in the <sn="5923">yoke</s>; </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1931">that</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall bring <sn="3381">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5697">heifer</s><sn="413">unto</s> a <sn="386">rough</s><sn="5158">valley</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="5647">eared</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="2232">sown</s>, and shall strike <sn="6203">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5697">heifer</s> 's <sn="6203">neck</s><sn="8033">there</s> in the <sn="5158">valley</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="3548">priests</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3878">Levi</s> shall come <sn="5066">near</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> them the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="977">chosen</s> to <sn="8334">minister</s> unto him, and to <sn="1288">bless</s> in the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and <sn="5921">by</s> their <sn="6310">word</s> shall <sn="3605">every</s><sn="7379">controversy</s> and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="5061">stroke</s><sn="1961">be</s> tried: </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1931">that</s><sn="5892">city</s>, that are <sn="7138">next</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2491">slain</s> man, shall <sn="7364">wash</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="5697">heifer</s> that is <sn="6202">beheaded</s> in the <sn="5158">valley</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>And they shall <sn="6030">answer</s> and <sn="559">say</s>, Our <sn="3027">hands</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8210">shed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1818">blood</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> have our <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="7200">seen</s> it. </v>
<vn='8'>Be <sn="3722">merciful</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, unto thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> thou hast <sn="6299">redeemed</s>, and <sn="5414">lay</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s> unto thy <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> 's <sn="7130">charge</s>. And the <sn="1818">blood</s> shall be <sn="3722">forgiven</s> them. </v>
<vn='9'>So shalt <sn="859">thou</s> put <sn="1197">away</s> the guilt of <sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s> from <sn="4480 7130">among</s> you, <sn="3588">when</s> thou shalt <sn="6213">do</s> that which is <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">When</s> thou goest <sn="3318">forth</s> to <sn="4421">war</s><sn="5921">against</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> them into thine <sn="3027">hands</s>, and thou hast <sn="7617">taken</s> them <sn="7628">captive</s>, </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="7200">seest</s> among the <sn="7633">captives</s> a <sn="3033 8389">beautiful</s><sn="802">woman</s>, and hast a <sn="2836">desire</s> unto her, that thou wouldest <sn="3947">have</s> her to thy <sn="802">wife</s>; </v>
<vn='12'>Then thou shalt <sn="935">bring</s> her <sn="8432">home</s> to thine <sn="1004">house</s>; and she shall <sn="1548">shave</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="7218">head</s>, and <sn="6213">pare</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="6856">nails</s>; </v>
<vn='13'>And she shall <sn="5493">put</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8071">raiment</s> of her <sn="7628">captivity</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> her, and shall <sn="3427">remain</s> in thine <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="1058">bewail</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="1">father</s> and her <sn="517">mother</s> a <sn="3117">full</s><sn="3391">month</s>: and <sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">that</s> thou shalt go <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, and be her <sn="1167">husband</s>, and she shall <sn="1961">be</s> thy <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="518">if</s> thou have no <sn="2654 3808">delight</s> in her, then thou shalt let her <sn="7971">go</s> whither she <sn="5315">will</s>; but thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> sell her at <sn="4376 4376">all</s> for <sn="3701">money</s>, thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> make <sn="6014">merchandise</s> of her, <sn="8478 834">because</s> thou hast <sn="6031">humbled</s> her. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">If</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="1961">have</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="802">wives</s>, <sn="259">one</s><sn="157">beloved</s>, and <sn="259">another</s><sn="8130">hated</s>, and they have <sn="3205">born</s> him <sn="1121">children</s>, both the <sn="157">beloved</s> and the <sn="8130">hated</s>; and if the <sn="1060">firstborn</s><sn="1121">son</s><sn="1961">be</s> hers that was <sn="8146">hated</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>Then it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="3117">when</s> he maketh <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">sons</s> to <sn="5157">inherit</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1961">hath</s>, that he <sn="3201">may</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="1069">make</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of the <sn="157">beloved</s><sn="1069">firstborn</s><sn="5921 6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of the <sn="8130">hated</s>, which is indeed the <sn="1060">firstborn</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">But</s> he shall <sn="5234">acknowledge</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of the <sn="8130">hated</s><sn="*853"></s> for the <sn="1060">firstborn</s>, by <sn="5414">giving</s> him a <sn="8147">double</s><sn="6310">portion</s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="4672">hath</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="7225">beginning</s> of his <sn="202">strength</s>; the <sn="4941">right</s> of the <sn="1062">firstborn</s> is his. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">If</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="1961">have</s> a <sn="5637">stubborn</s> and <sn="4784">rebellious</s><sn="1121">son</s>, which will <sn="369">not</s><sn="8085">obey</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of his <sn="1">father</s>, or the <sn="6963">voice</s> of his <sn="517">mother</s>, and that, when they have <sn="3256">chastened</s> him, will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> them: </v>
<vn='19'>Then shall his <sn="1">father</s> and his <sn="517">mother</s> lay <sn="8610">hold</s> on him, and bring him <sn="3318 *853">out</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of his <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="8179">gate</s> of his <sn="4725">place</s>; </v>
<vn='20'>And they shall <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of his <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="2088">This</s> our <sn="1121">son</s> is <sn="5637">stubborn</s> and <sn="4784">rebellious</s>, he will <sn="369">not</s><sn="8085">obey</s> our <sn="6963">voice</s>; he is a <sn="2151">glutton</s>, and a <sn="5433">drunkard</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of his <sn="5892">city</s> shall <sn="7275">stone</s> him with <sn="68">stones</s>, that he <sn="4191">die</s>: so shalt thou put evil <sn="1197 7451">away</s> from <sn="4480 7130">among</s> you; and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> shall <sn="8085">hear</s>, and <sn="3372">fear</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="3588">if</s> a <sn="376">man</s> have <sn="1961">committed</s> a <sn="2399">sin</s><sn="4941">worthy</s> of <sn="4194">death</s>, and he be to be put to <sn="4191">death</s>, and thou <sn="8518">hang</s> him <sn="5921">on</s> a <sn="6086">tree</s>: </v>
<vn='23'>His <sn="5038">body</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> remain all <sn="3885">night</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6086">tree</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> thou shalt in any wise <sn="6912 6912">bury</s> him <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>; ( <sn="3588">for</s> he that is <sn="8518">hanged</s> is <sn="7045">accursed</s> of God;) <sn="430"></s> that <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="127">land</s> be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2930">defiled</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">giveth</s> thee for an <sn="5159">inheritance</s>. </v>