Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns. New Living Translation In such a case, your elders and judges must measure the distance from the site of the crime to the nearby towns. English Standard Version then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. Berean Standard Bible your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. King James Bible Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: New King James Version then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance from the slain man to the surrounding cities. New American Standard Bible then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the one who was killed. NASB 1995 then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the slain one. NASB 1977 then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the slain one. Legacy Standard Bible then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the slain one. Amplified Bible then your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the dead person. Christian Standard Bible your elders and judges are to come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities. Holman Christian Standard Bible your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities. American Standard Version then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Your Elders and your Judges shall go out and they shall measure the towns which are around him who was killed: Brenton Septuagint Translation thine elders and thy judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man: Contemporary English Version The judges and other leaders from the towns around there must find out what town is the closest to where the body was found. Douay-Rheims Bible Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about: English Revised Version then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: GOD'S WORD® Translation your leaders and judges must go and measure the distance from the body to each of the neighboring cities. Good News Translation Your leaders and judges are to go out and measure the distance from the place where the body was found to each of the nearby towns. International Standard Version then let your elders and judges go out and measure the distance from the dead body to the neighboring cities. JPS Tanakh 1917 then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain. Literal Standard Version then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one, Majority Standard Bible your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. New American Bible your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distances to the cities that are in the neighborhood of the corpse. NET Bible your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse. New Revised Standard Version then your elders and your judges shall come out to measure the distances to the towns that are near the body. New Heart English Bible then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain: Webster's Bible Translation Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain: World English Bible then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain. Young's Literal Translation then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder1If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, 2your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. 3Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,… Cross References Deuteronomy 21:1 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, Deuteronomy 21:3 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work, Treasury of Scripture Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him that is slain: Deuteronomy 16:18,19 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment… Romans 13:3,4 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: … Jump to Previous Body Cities Dead Distance Elders Judges Measure Neighboring Orders Responsible Round Slain TownsJump to Next Body Cities Dead Distance Elders Judges Measure Neighboring Orders Responsible Round Slain TownsDeuteronomy 21 1. The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder10. The usage of a captive taken to wife 15. The firstborn is not to be disinherited upon private affection 18. A rebellious son is to be stoned to death 22. The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew your eldersזְקֵנֶ֖יךָ (zə·qê·ne·ḵā) Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2205: Old and judges וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָ (wə·šō·p̄ə·ṭe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate must come out וְיָצְא֥וּ (wə·yā·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim and measure the distance וּמָדְדוּ֙ (ū·mā·ḏə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4058: To stretch, to measure, to be extended from the victim הֶחָלָֽל׃ (he·ḥā·lāl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the neighboring סְבִיבֹ֥ת (sə·ḇî·ḇōṯ) Adverb Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around cities. הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (he·‘ā·rîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement Links Deuteronomy 21:2 NIVDeuteronomy 21:2 NLT Deuteronomy 21:2 ESV Deuteronomy 21:2 NASB Deuteronomy 21:2 KJV Deuteronomy 21:2 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 21:2 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 21:2 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 21:2 French Bible Deuteronomy 21:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 21:2 Then your elders and your judges shall (Deut. 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