CHAPTER EXPLORER
Deuteronomy 21
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23 verses in KJV · 163 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Deuteronomy 21 (KJV)
21:1 If [one] be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath slain him:
21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain:
21:3 And it shall be, [that] the city [which is] next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, [and] which hath not drawn in the yoke;
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 1451 BC
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H3808lonot · 14 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 9 occurrencesH5892irexcitement · 8 occurrencesH9033ohim · 7 occurrencesH3068ye.ho.vahLORD · 7 occurrencesH2205za.qenold: elder · 6 occurrencesH430e.lo.himGod · 5 occurrencesH1931huhe/she/it · 5 occurrencesH9034haher · 4 occurrencesH9031kayou · 4 occurrencesH8130sa.neto hate · 4 occurrencesH8085sha.mato hear: hear · 4 occurrencesH802ish.shahwoman · 4 occurrencesH5697eg.lahheifer · 4 occurrences
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