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"If a
slain person is
found lying in the open
country in the
land which the
LORD your
God gives you to
possess, and it is not
known who has
struck him,
'$y,h{l/a h'wh.y r,v]a h'm'd]a'B l'l'x aec'MIy -yiK ? yim [;dw{n a{l h,d'F;B lep{n H'T.vir.l '$.l !et{n ? .Wh'Kih
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then your
elders and your
judges shall
go out and
measure the distance to the
cities which are
around the
slain one.
~yir'[,h -l,a .Wd.d'm.W '$y,j.p{v.w '$y,neq.z .Wa.c'y.w ? l'l'x,h t{byib.s r,v]a
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"It shall be that the
city which is
nearest to the
slain man, that is, the
elders of that
city, shall
take a
heifer of the
herd,
which has not been
worked and
which has not
pulled in a
yoke;
.Wx.q'l.w l'l'x,h -l,a h'b{r.Q;h ryi['h h'y'h.w ? d;BU[ -a{l r,v]a r'q'B t;l.g,[ awih;h ryi['h yen.qiz ? l{[.B h'k.v'm -a{l r,v]a H'B
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and the
elders of that
city shall
bring the
heifer down to a
valley with
running water,
which has not been
plowed or
sown, and shall
break the
heifer's neck there in the
valley.
h'l.g,['h -t,a awih;h ryi['h yen.qiz .Wdirw{h.w ? a{l.w w{B deb'[ey -a{l r,v]a !'tyea l;x;n -l,a ? l;x'N;B h'l.g,['h -t,a ~'v -.Wp.r'[.w ;[er'ZIy
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"Then the
priests, the
sons of
Levi, shall
come near, for the
LORD your
God has
chosen them to
serve Him and to
bless in the
name of the
LORD; and
every dispute and
every assault shall be
settled * by them.
r;x'B ~'b yiK yiwel yen.B ~yin]h{K;h .Wv.Gin.w ? h'wh.y ~ev.B .$er'b.l.W w{t.r'v.l '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y ? [;g'n -l'k.w byir -l'K h,y.hIy ~,hyiP -l;[.w
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"All the
elders of that
city which is
nearest to the
slain man shall
wash their
hands over the
heifer whose
neck was
broken in the
valley;
l'l'x,h -l,a ~yib{r.Q;h awih;h ryi['h yen.qiz l{k.w ? h'p.Wr]['h h'l.g,['h -l;[ ~,hyed.y -t,a .Wc]x.rIy ? l;x'N;b
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and they shall
answer and
say, 'Our
hands did not
shed this blood,
nor did our
eyes see it.
~'D;h -t,a h'k.p'v a{l .Wnyed'y .Wr.m'a.w .Wn'[.w ? .Wa'r a{l .Wnyenye[.w h,Z;h
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'Forgive Your
people Israel whom You have
redeemed, O
LORD, and do not
place the
guilt of
innocent blood in the
midst of Your
people Israel.' And the
bloodguiltiness shall be
forgiven them.
!eTiT -l;a.w h'wh.y 'tyid'P -r,v]a lea'r.fIy '$.M;[.l reP;K ? ~,h'l reP;Kin.w lea'r.fIy '$.M;[ b,r,q.B yiq'n ~'D ? ~'D;h
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"So you shall
remove the
guilt of
innocent blood from your
midst,
when you
do what is
right in the
eyes of the
LORD.
h,f][;t -yiK '$,B.riQim yiq'N;h ~'D;h re[;b.T h'T;a.w ? h'wh.y yenye[.B r'v'Y;h
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"When you
go out to
battle against your
enemies, and the
LORD your
God delivers them into your
hands and you
take them away
captive,
w{n't.n.W '$y,b.y{a -l;[ h'm'x.liM;l aecet -yiK ? w{y.biv 'tyib'v.w '$,d'y.B '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y
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and
see among the
captives a
beautiful woman, and
have a
desire for her and would
take her as a
wife for yourself,
'T.q;v'x.w r;a{T -t;p.y t,vea h'y.biV;B 'tyia'r.w ? h'Via.l '$.l 'T.x;q'l.w H'b
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then you shall
bring her
home to your
house, and she shall
shave her
head and
trim her
nails.
H'va{r -t,a h'x.Lig.w '$,tyeB .$w{T -l,a H'taeb]h;w ? 'hy,n.r'Pic -t,a h't.f'[.w
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"She shall also
remove the
clothes of her
captivity and shall
remain in your
house, and
mourn her
father and
mother a
full month; and
after that you may
go in to her and be her
husband and she shall be your
wife.
h'b.v'y.w 'hy,l'[em H'y.biv t;l.mif -t,a h'ryiseh.w ? x;r,y H'Mia -t,a.w 'hyib'a -t,a h't.k'b.W '$,tyeb.B ? h't.y'h.w H'T.l;[.b.W 'hy,lea aw{b'T !eK r;x;a.w ~yim'y ? h'Via.l '$.l
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"It shall be,
if you are not
pleased with her, then you shall
let her
go wherever she
wishes; but you shall
certainly not
sell her for
money, you shall not
mistreat her,
because * you have
humbled her.
H'v.p;n.l H'T.x;Liv.w H'B 'T.c;p'x a{l -mia h'y'h.w ? reM;[.tit -a{l @,s'K;B h'N,r.K.mit -a{l r{k'm.W ? H'tyiNi[ r,v]a t;x;T H'B
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"If a
man has two wives, the
one loved and the
other unloved, and both the
loved and the
unloved have
borne him
sons, if the
firstborn son belongs to the
unloved,
h'b.Wh]a t;x;a'h ~yiv'n yeT.v vyia.l 'ny,y.hit -yiK ? h'b.Wh]a'h ~yin'b w{l -.Wd.l'y.w h'a.Wn.f t;x;a'h.w ? h'ayin.F;l rw{k.B;h !eB;h h'y'h.w h'a.Wn.F;h.w
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then it shall be in the
day he
wills what he
has to his
sons, he
cannot * make the
son of the
loved the
firstborn before * the
son of the
unloved, who is the
firstborn.
h,y.hIy -r,v]a tea wy'n'B -t,a w{lyix.n;h ~w{y.B h'y'h.w ? h'b.Wh]a'h -n,B -t,a reK;b.l l;k.Wy a{l w{l ? r{k.B;h h'a.Wn.F;h -n,b yen.P -l;[
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"But he shall
acknowledge the
firstborn, the
son of the
unloved, by
giving him a
double portion of
all that he
has, for he is the
beginning of his
strength; to him belongs the
right of the
firstborn.
t,t'l ryiK;y h'a.Wn.F;h -n,B r{k.B;h -t,a yiK ? a.Wh -yiK w{l aec'MIy -r,v]a l{k.B ~Iy;n.v yiP w{l ? h'r{k.B;h j;P.vim w{l w{n{a tyivaer
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"If any man has a
stubborn and
rebellious son who will not
obey * his
father or his
mother, and when they
chastise him, he will not even
listen to them,
.WN,nyea h,rw{m.W rerw{s !eB vyia.l h,y.hIy -yiK ? w{t{a .Wr.SIy.w w{Mia lw{q.b.W wyib'a lw{q.B ;[em{v ? ~,hyel]a [;m.vIy a{l.w
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then his
father and
mother shall
seize him, and
bring him out to the
elders of his
city at the
gateway of his
hometown.
w{t{a .Wayicw{h.w w{Mia.w wyib'a w{b .Wf.p't.w ? w{m{q.m r;[;v -l,a.w w{ryi[ yen.qiz -l,a
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"They shall
say to the
elders of his
city,
'This son of ours is
stubborn and
rebellious, he will not
obey * us, he is a
glutton and a
drunkard.'
rerw{s h,z .Wnen.B w{ryi[ yen.qiz -l,a .Wr.m'a.w ? aeb{s.w lelw{z .Wnel{q.B ;[em{v .WN,nyea h,r{m.W
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"Then
all the
men of his
city shall
stone him to
death; so you shall
remove the
evil from your
midst, and
all Israel will
hear of it and
fear.
tem'w ~yin'b]a'b w{ryi[ yev.n;a -l'K .WhUm'g.r.W ? .W[.m.vIy lea'r.fIy -l'k.w '$,B.riQim ['r'h 'T.r;[ib.W ? .Wa'rIy.w
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"If a
man has
committed a
sin worthy of
death and he is
put to
death, and you
hang him on a
tree,
t'm.Wh.w t,w'm -j;P.vim a.jex vyia.b h,y.hIy -yik.w ? #e[ -l;[ w{t{a 'tyil't.w
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his
corpse shall not
hang all
night on the
tree, but you shall
surely bury him on the
same day (for he who is
hanged is
accursed of
God ), so that you do not
defile your
land which the
LORD your
God gives you as an
inheritance.
~yih{l/a t;l.liq -yiK a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B(for .WN,r.B.qiT rw{b'q -yiK #e['h<0430)>(for -l;[ w{t'l.bin !yil't -a{l ? h'wh.y r,v]a '$.t'm.d;a -t,a aeM;j.t a{l.w y.Wl'T ? h'l]x;n '$.l !et{n '$y,h{l/a