Verse 29

But if the ox{H7794} was wont to gore{H5056} in time past,{H8543} and it hath been testified{H5749} to its owner,{H1167} and he hath not kept{H8104} it in, but it hath killed{H4191} a man{H376} or a woman;{H802} the ox{H7794} shall be stoned,{H5619} and its owner{H1167} also shall be put to death.{H4191}

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 21:1-9 : 1 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; 2 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} 3 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} 4 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} 5 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. 6 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} 7 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. 8 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. 9 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}