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And if one be found slain in the land which YHVHa, thy Elohimb, giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him,
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Then thy Elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;
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And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the Elders of that city shall take a heifer which hath not been wrought with and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
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And the Elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the neck of that heifer there in the valley.
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And the Priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near; for them YHVH, thy Elohim, hath chosen to minister unto Him and to bless in the name of YHVH; and by their worda shall every controversy and every stroke be tried;
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And all the Elders of that city that are next unto the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley;
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And they shall answer and say: Our hands have not shed this blood; neither have our eyes seen it.
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Be merciful, O YHVH, unto thy people, Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge.
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And the blooda shall be forgiven them.
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So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of YHVH.
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¶ And when thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and YHVH, thy Elohim, hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
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And thou seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife,
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Then thou shalt bringa her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head and pare her nails;
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And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month;
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And after that, thou shalt go in unto her and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
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And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money; thou shalt not make merchandisea of her because thou hast humbled her.
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¶ And if a man hath two wivesa, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated,
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Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn;
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But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
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¶ And if a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them,
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Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him and bring him out unto the Elders of that city and unto the gate of his place;
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And they shall say unto the Elders of that city: This, our son, is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.
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And all the men of his city shall cast him out from among them; so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and reverence.
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¶ And if anyone should committed a sin worthy of death, and they are to be put to death, and thou shall hang that body from a tree,
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And his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that same day that thy land not be cursed;
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Curse not the land which YHVH, thy Elohim, giveth thee for an inheritance, defile it not.