Deuteronomy 21:4
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And they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer:

shall strike

1 Peter 2:21-24 For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps. . . .

1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,

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3And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground, 4And they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer:5And the priests the sons of Levi shall come, whom the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and that by their word every matter should be decided, and whatsoever is clean or unclean should be judged.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:3
And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground,

Deuteronomy 21:5
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come, whom the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and that by their word every matter should be decided, and whatsoever is clean or unclean should be judged.

1 Samuel 6:7
Now, therefore, take and make a new cart: and two kine that have calved, on which there hath come no yoke, tie to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

Ezekiel 36:9
For I, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be ploughed and sown.

Lexicon
bring
וְהוֹרִ֡דוּ (wə·hō·w·ri·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

the heifer
הָֽעֶגְלָה֙ (hā·‘eḡ·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

a valley
נַ֣חַל (na·ḥal)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

with running water
אֵיתָ֔ן (’ê·ṯān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 386: Perennial, ever-flowing, permanence

that
אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

has not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

been plowed
יֵעָבֵ֥ד (yê·‘ā·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

or sown,
יִזָּרֵ֑עַ (yiz·zā·rê·a‘)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

and break its
הָעֶגְלָ֖ה (hā·‘eḡ·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown

neck
וְעָֽרְפוּ־ (wə·‘ā·rə·p̄ū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6202: To break the neck, to destroy

there
שָׁ֥ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

by the stream.
בַּנָּֽחַל׃ (ban·nā·ḥal)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft


Additional Translations
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall slay the heifer in the valley.

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto an ever-flowing watercourse, which is not tilled, nor is it sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the watercourse;

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley:

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rough valley, which is neither tilled nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley;

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.
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