If one be found{H4672} slain{H2491} in the land{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee to possess{H3423} it, lying{H5307} in the field,{H7704} and it be not known{H3045} who hath smitten{H5221} him;

then thy elders{H2205} and thy judges{H8199} shall come forth,{H3318} and they shall measure{H4058} unto the cities{H5892} which are round about{H5439} him that is slain:{H2491}

and it shall be, that the city{H5892} which is nearest{H7138} unto the slain man,{H2491} even the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892} shall take{H3947} a heifer{H1241} of the herd, which hath not been wrought with,{H5647} and which hath not drawn{H4900} in the yoke;{H5923}

and the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892} shall bring down{H3381} the heifer{H5697} unto a{H386} valley{H5158} with running water, which is neither plowed{H5647} nor sown,{H2232} and shall break{H6202} the heifer's{H5697} neck{H6202} there in the valley.{H5158}

And the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878} shall come near;{H5066} for them Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977} to minister{H8334} unto him, and to bless{H1288} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah;{H3068} and according to their word{H6310} shall every controversy{H7379} and every stroke{H5061} be.

And all the elders{H2205} of that city,{H5892} who are nearest{H7138} unto the slain{H2491} man, shall wash{H7364} their hands{H3027} over the heifer{H5697} whose neck was broken{H6202} in the valley;{H5158}

and they shall answer{H6030} and say,{H559} Our hands{H3027} have not shed{H8210} this blood,{H1818} neither have our eyes{H5869} seen{H7200} it.

Forgive,{H3722} O Jehovah,{H3068} thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} whom thou hast redeemed,{H6299} and suffer{H5414} not innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} [to remain] in the midst{H7130} of thy people{H5971} Israel.{H3478} And the blood{H1818} shall be forgiven{H3722} them.

So shalt thou put away{H1197} the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} from the midst{H7130} of thee, when thou shalt do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068}

When thou goest forth{H3318} to battle{H4421} against thine enemies,{H341} and Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} delivereth{H5414} them into thy hands,{H3027} and thou carriest{H7617} them away captive,{H7628}

and seest{H7200} among the captives{H7633} a beautiful{H8389} woman,{H802} and thou hast a desire{H2836} unto her, and wouldest take her{H3947} to thee to wife;{H802}

then thou shalt bring{H935} her home{H8432} to thy house;{H1004} and she shall shave{H1548} her head,{H7218} and pare{H6213} her nails;{H6856}

and she shall put{H5493} the raiment{H8071} of her captivity{H7628} from off her, and shall remain{H3427} in thy house,{H1004} and bewail{H1058} her father{H1} and her mother{H517} a full{H3117} month:{H3391} and after{H310} that thou shalt go{H935} in unto her, and be her husband,{H1166} and she shall be thy wife.{H802}

And it shall be, if thou have no delight{H2654} in her, then thou shalt let her go{H7971} whither she will;{H5315} but thou shalt not sell{H4376} her at all{H4376} for money,{H3701} thou shalt not deal{H6014} with her as a slave, because{H834} thou hast humbled{H6031} her.

If a man{H376} have two{H8147} wives,{H802} the one{H259} beloved,{H157} and the other{H259} hated,{H8130} and they have borne{H3205} him children,{H1121} both the beloved{H157} and the hated;{H8130} and if the first-born{H1060} son{H1121} be hers that was hated;{H8146}

then it shall be, in the day{H3117} that he causeth his sons{H1121} to inherit{H5157} that which he hath, that he may{H3201} not make the son{H1121} of the beloved{H157} the first-born{H1069} before{H6440} the son{H1121} of the hated,{H8130} who is the first-born:{H1060}

but he shall acknowledge{H5234} the first-born,{H1060} the son{H1121} of the hated,{H8130} by giving{H5414} him a double{H8147} portion{H6310} of all that he hath;{H4672} for he is the beginning{H7225} of his strength;{H202} the right{H4941} of the first-born{H1062} is his.

If a man{H376} have a stubborn{H5637} and rebellious{H4784} son,{H1121} that will not obey{H8085} the voice{H6963} of his father,{H1} or the voice{H6963} of his mother,{H517} and, though they chasten{H3256} him, will not hearken{H8085} unto them;

then shall his father{H1} and his mother{H517} lay hold{H8610} on him, and bring him out{H3318} unto the elders{H2205} of his city,{H5892} and unto the gate{H8179} of his place;{H4725}

and they shall say{H559} unto the elders{H2205} of his city,{H5892} This our son{H1121} is stubborn{H5637} and rebellious,{H4784} he will not obey{H8085} our voice;{H6963} he is a glutton,{H2151} and a drunkard.{H5433}

And all the men{H582} of his city{H5892} shall stone{H7275} him to death{H4191} with stones:{H68} so shalt thou put{H1197} away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the midst{H7130} of thee; and all Israel{H3478} shall hear,{H8085} and fear.{H3372}

And if a man{H376} have committed a sin{H2399} worthy of{H4941} death,{H4194} and he be put to death,{H4191} and thou hang{H8518} him on a tree;{H6086}

his body{H5038} shall not remain all night{H3885} upon the tree,{H6086} but thou shalt surely{H6912} bury{H6912} him the same day;{H3117} for he that is hanged{H8518} is accursed{H7045} of God;{H430} that thou defile{H2930} not thy land{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance.{H5159}