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Deuteronomy Chapter 21

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Deuteronomy

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Deuteronomy 21 gives laws for an unsolved murder, in which the elders of the nearest city kill an unworked heifer in a rough valley and wash their hands to disclaim guilt before the Lord. It also covers marrying a captive woman, protecting the firstborn's double inheritance even if his mother is the less-loved wife, and the stoning of a stubborn, rebellious son. The chapter closes by commanding that a hanged man be buried the same day, since one hanged on a tree is accursed of God, so that the land is not defiled.

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(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:
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Psalms 5:6Psalms 9:12Proverbs 28:17Isaiah 26:21Acts 28:4

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Ezekiel 32:25Lamentations 4:9Numbers 25:14II Kings 11:2Isaiah 22:2Isaiah 27:7

(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:
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Deuteronomy 16:18Deuteronomy 16:19Romans 13:3Romans 13:4

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Ezekiel 32:25I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 46:23II Corinthians 10:13

(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;
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Numbers 19:2Jeremiah 31:18Matthew 11:28Matthew 11:29Matthew 11:30Philippians 2:8

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Deuteronomy 21:6Ezekiel 32:25

(4) 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 heifer's neck there in the valley:
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I Peter 2:21I Peter 2:22I Peter 2:23I Peter 2:24I Peter 3:18

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Joshua 15:8Joshua 18:16Deuteronomy 21:6Joshua 11:16Joshua 17:16II Chronicles 20:26

(5) And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
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Deuteronomy 10:8Deuteronomy 18:5Numbers 6:22Numbers 6:23Numbers 6:24Numbers 6:25Numbers 6:26Numbers 6:27I Chronicles 23:13Deuteronomy 17:8Deuteronomy 17:9Deuteronomy 17:10

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Genesis 27:25Deuteronomy 10:8Psalms 115:12Psalms 135:20Numbers 3:6Numbers 16:5

(6) 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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Job 9:30Psalms 19:12Psalms 26:6Psalms 51:2Psalms 51:7Psalms 51:14Psalms 73:13Jeremiah 2:22Matthew 27:24Matthew 27:25Hebrews 9:10

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Deuteronomy 21:4Deuteronomy 21:3Ezekiel 32:25Joshua 15:8Joshua 18:16

(7) And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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Numbers 5:19Numbers 5:20Numbers 5:21Numbers 5:22Numbers 5:23Numbers 5:24Numbers 5:25Numbers 5:26Numbers 5:27Numbers 5:28II Samuel 16:8Job 21:21

(8) Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
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Numbers 35:33II Samuel 3:28II Kings 24:4Psalms 19:12Jeremiah 26:15Ezekiel 23:3Ezekiel 23:24Ezekiel 23:25Jonah 1:14Matthew 23:35I Thessalonians 2:15I Thessalonians 2:16

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I Chronicles 23:32

(9) 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 the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 19:12Deuteronomy 19:13Deuteronomy 13:18II Kings 10:30II Kings 10:31

(10) When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
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Deuteronomy 20:10Deuteronomy 20:11Deuteronomy 20:12Deuteronomy 20:13Deuteronomy 20:14Deuteronomy 20:15Deuteronomy 20:16

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Joshua 21:44Judges 2:14

(11) And 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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Genesis 6:2Genesis 12:14Genesis 12:15Genesis 29:18Genesis 29:19Genesis 29:20Genesis 34:3Genesis 34:8Judges 14:2Judges 14:3Proverbs 6:25Proverbs 31:10

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Job 14:13

(12) Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
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I Corinthians 11:6Ephesians 4:22

(13) 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: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
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Psalms 45:10Psalms 45:11Luke 14:26Luke 14:27

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Esther 3:7Luke 12:53Romans 7:2Ezekiel 16:53Ruth 2:11Jeremiah 6:11

(14) 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 merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
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Exodus 21:7Exodus 21:8Exodus 21:9Exodus 21:10Exodus 21:11Deuteronomy 22:19Deuteronomy 22:24Deuteronomy 22:29Genesis 34:2Judges 19:24

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II Kings 12:4Deuteronomy 2:28

(15) If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
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Genesis 29:18Genesis 29:20Genesis 29:30Genesis 29:31Genesis 29:33I Samuel 1:4I Samuel 1:5

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Song of Solomon 5:9Deuteronomy 21:16II Samuel 13:15John 15:18Deuteronomy 21:17Exodus 11:5

(16) 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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I Chronicles 5:2I Chronicles 26:10II Chronicles 11:19II Chronicles 11:20II Chronicles 11:21II Chronicles 11:22II Chronicles 21:3Romans 8:29Philippians 4:8Hebrews 12:16Hebrews 12:17

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Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:15Deuteronomy 21:15Numbers 3:13Deuteronomy 21:17

(17) 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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Genesis 25:5Genesis 25:6Genesis 25:32Genesis 25:34I Chronicles 5:1I Chronicles 5:2Genesis 49:3Psalms 105:36Genesis 25:31Genesis 25:33

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Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:15Numbers 3:13Deuteronomy 21:15Deuteronomy 21:16

(18) 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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Proverbs 28:24Proverbs 30:11Proverbs 30:17Isaiah 1:2Deuteronomy 27:16Exodus 20:12Exodus 21:15Exodus 21:17Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 21:9Proverbs 15:5Proverbs 20:20

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Luke 12:53Deuteronomy 21:20

(19) 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;
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Deuteronomy 21:2Deuteronomy 16:18Deuteronomy 25:7Zechariah 13:3

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Luke 12:53Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Deuteronomy 22:15

(20) And they shall say unto the elders of his 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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Proverbs 29:17Proverbs 19:26Proverbs 20:1Proverbs 23:19Proverbs 23:20Proverbs 23:21Proverbs 23:29Proverbs 23:30Proverbs 23:31Proverbs 23:32Proverbs 23:33Proverbs 23:34

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Deuteronomy 21:18

(21) And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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Deuteronomy 13:10Deuteronomy 13:11Deuteronomy 17:5Leviticus 24:16Deuteronomy 13:5Deuteronomy 19:19Deuteronomy 19:20Deuteronomy 22:21Deuteronomy 22:24

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:23Deuteronomy 13:10Deuteronomy 17:5

(22) And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
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II Samuel 4:12Joshua 8:29Joshua 10:26I Samuel 26:16Matthew 26:66Acts 23:29Acts 25:11Acts 25:25Acts 26:31II Samuel 21:6II Samuel 21:9Luke 23:33

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Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Genesis 2:9Matthew 12:33Romans 11:24

(23) 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 accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 7:26Numbers 25:4Joshua 7:12II Samuel 21:6Romans 9:3Galatians 3:13I Corinthians 16:22II Corinthians 5:21Leviticus 18:25Numbers 35:33Numbers 35:34

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Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Joshua 6:18Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3

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