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Cleansing for Unsolved Murder
“When you are in the land the LORD your God is giving you, someone may be found murdered in a field, and you don’t know who committed the murder.
“When you are in the land the LORD your God is giving you, someone may be found murdered in a field, and you don’t know who committed the murder.
The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath smitten him,
If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath smitten him,
In such a case, your elders and judges must measure the distance from the site of the crime to the nearby towns.
then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;
When the nearest town has been determined, that town’s elders must select from the herd a heifer that has never been trained or yoked to a plow.
and the city that is nearest unto him that is slain, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with, that hath not drawn in the yoke;
They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the heifer’s neck.
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;
Then the Levitical priests must step forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in the LORD’s name. They are to decide all legal and criminal cases.
and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke.
“The elders of the town must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken.
And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto him that is slain, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck is broken in the watercourse,
Then they must say, ‘Our hands did not shed this person’s blood, nor did we see it happen.
and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
O LORD, forgive your people Israel whom you have redeemed. Do not charge your people with the guilt of murdering an innocent person.’ Then they will be absolved of the guilt of this person’s blood.
Forgive thy people Israel, whom thou, Jehovah, hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israel; and the blood shall be expiated for them.
By following these instructions, you will do what is right in the LORD’s sight and will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.
So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Marriage to a Captive Woman
“Suppose you go out to war against your enemies and the LORD your God hands them over to you, and you take some of them as captives.
Marrying a Captive Woman
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,
And suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her and want to marry her.
and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;
If this happens, you may take her to your home, where she must shave her head, cut her nails,
then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
and change the clothes she was wearing when she was captured. She will stay in your home, but let her mourn for her father and mother for a full month. Then you may marry her, and you will be her husband and she will be your wife.
and she shall put the clothes of her captivity from off her, and shall abide in thy house, and bewail her father and mother a full month, and afterwards thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
But if you marry her and she does not please you, you must let her go free. You may not sell her or treat her as a slave, for you have humiliated her.
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go according to her desire; but thou shalt in no wise sell her for money; thou shalt not treat her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.
Rights of the Firstborn
“Suppose a man has two wives, but he loves one and not the other, and both have given him sons. And suppose the firstborn son is the son of the wife he does not love.
Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;
When the man divides his inheritance, he may not give the larger inheritance to his younger son, the son of the wife he loves, as if he were the firstborn son.
then it shall be, in the day that he maketh his sons to inherit what he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;
He must recognize the rights of his oldest son, the son of the wife he does not love, by giving him a double portion. He is the first son of his father’s virility, and the rights of the firstborn belong to him.
but he shall acknowledge as firstborn the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his.
Dealing with a Rebellious Son
“Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.
A Rebellious Son
If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate.
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’
and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.
Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
Cursed is Anyone Hung on a Tree
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,
his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day (for he that is hanged is a curse of God); and thou shalt not defile thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.