Deuteronomy 21:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

If one be founde slaine in the lande, which the Lord thy God giueth thee to possesse it, lying in the field, & it is not knowe who hath slaine him,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 5:6 : 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lorde will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A man that doeth violence against the blood of a person, shall flee vnto the graue, and they shall not stay him.
  • Isa 26:21 : 21 For lo, the Lord commeth out of his place, to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitants of the earth vpon them: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more hide her slaine.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not suffered to liue.

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  • Deut 21:2-4
    3 verses
    86%

    2Then thine Elders & thy Iudges shal come forth, and measure vnto the cities that are round about him that is slayne.

    3Aud let ye Elders of that citie, which is next vnto the slaine man, take out of the droue an heifer that hath not bene put to labour, nor hath drawen in the yoke.

    4And let the Elders of that citie bring the heifer vnto a stonie valley, which is neyther eared nor sowen, and strike off the heifers necke there in the valley.

  • Exod 21:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12He that smiteth a man, and he die, shal dye the death.

    13And if a man hath not layed wayte, but God hath offered him into his hande, then I wil appoynt thee a place whither he shall flee.

    14But if a man come presumptuously vpon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

  • Josh 20:9
    75%

    9These were the cities appoynted for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that soiourned among them, that whosoeuer killed any person ignorantly, might flee thither, and not die by the hande of the auenger of blood, vntill hee stoode before the Congregation.

  • Deut 19:10-14
    5 verses
    75%

    10That innocent bloude be not shed within thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee to inherite, lest bloud be vpon thee.

    11But if a man hate his neighbour, and lay waite for him, and rise against him, and smite any man that he die, and flee vnto any of these cities,

    12Then the Elders of his citie shal send and set him thence, and deliuer him into the hands of the auenger of the blood, that he may die.

    13Thine eye shall not spare him, but thou shalt put away the crie of innocent blood from Israel, that it may goe well with thee.

    14Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

  • Josh 20:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3That the slaier that killeth any person by ignorance, and vnwittingly, may flee thither, and they shall be your refuge from the auenger of blood.

    4And he that doeth flee vnto one of those cities, shall stand at the entring of the gate of the citie, and shall shewe his cause to the Elders of the citie: and they shall receiue him into the citie vnto them, and giue him a place, that hee may dwell with them.

    5And if the auenger of blood pursue after him, they shall not deliuer the slaier into his hand because hee smote his neighbour ignorantly, neither hated he him before time:

    6But hee shall dwell in that citie vntill hee stande before the Congregation in iudgement, or vntill the death of the hie Priest that shall be in those daies: then shall the slaier returne, and come vnto his owne citie, and vnto his owne house, euen vnto the citie from whence he fled.

  • Num 35:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26But if the slayer come without the borders of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled,

    27And the reuenger of blood finde him without the borders of the citie of his refuge, & the reueger of blood slay ye murtherer, he shalbe giltles,

    28Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death of the hie Priest: and after the death of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne vnto the land of his possession.

  • Deut 19:2-6
    5 verses
    74%

    2Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the middes of thy lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

    3Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and deuide the coastes of the land, which the Lorde thy God giueth thee to inherite, into three parts, that euery manslaier may flee thither.

    4This also is ye cause wherfore the manslaier shal flee thither, and liue: who so killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and hated him not in time passed:

    5As hee that goeth vnto the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, & his hand striketh with the axe to cut downe the tree, if the head slip fro the helue, and hit his neighbour that he dieth, the same shall flee vnto one of the cities, and liue,

    6Least the auenger of the blood followe after the manslaier, while his heart is chafed, and ouertake him, because the way is long, and slaie him, although he be not worthy of death, because he hated him not in time passed.

  • Num 35:11
    74%

    11Ye shall appoint you cities, to bee cities of refuge for you, that the slayer, which slayeth any person vnwares, may flee thither.

  • Deut 22:25
    73%

    25But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field, and force her, and lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shal dye alone:

  • Num 35:19-24
    6 verses
    73%

    19The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

    20But if hee thrust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he die,

    21Or smite him through enimitie with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shal die ye death: for hee is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him.

    22But if he pusshed him vnaduisedly, and not of hatred, or cast vpon him any thing, without laying of waite,

    23Or any stone (whereby he might be slaine) and sawe him not, or caused it to fall vpon him, and he die, and was not his enemie, neither sought him any harme,

    24Then the Congregation shall iudge betweene the slayer and the auenger of blood according to these lawes.

  • Exod 22:2
    72%

    2If a thiefe bee founde breaking vp, and be smitten that he dye, no blood shall be shed for him.

  • Deut 21:6
    72%

    6And all the Elders of that citie that came neere to the slayne man, shal wash their hands ouer the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

  • Lev 24:21
    72%

    21And he that killeth a beast shall restore it: but he that killeth a man shall be slaine.

  • Deut 4:42
    71%

    42That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbour at vnwares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, vnto one of those cities, and liue:

  • Exod 22:8
    71%

    8If the thiefe be not founde, then the master of the house shalbe brought vnto the Iudges to sweare, whether he hath put his hande vnto his neighbours good, or no.

  • Num 19:16
    71%

    16Also whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sworde in the fielde, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.

  • Exod 22:10
    71%

    10If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour to keepe asse, or oxe, or sheepe, or any beast, and it die, or be hurt, or taken away by enemies, and no man see it,

  • Num 35:30
    70%

    30Whosoeuer killeth any person, the Iudge shall slay the murtherer, through witnesses: but one witnesse shall not testifie against a person to cause him to die.

  • Deut 22:27
    70%

    27For he found her in the fieldes: the betrothed mayde cryed, and there was no man to succour her.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    70%

    35And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shal sel the liue oxe, & deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

    36Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, & his master hath not kept him, he shal pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne.

  • Num 35:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15These six cities shalbe a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that dwelleth among you, that euery one which killeth any person vnwares, may flee thither.

    16And if one smite another with an instrument of yron that hee die, hee is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

    17Also if hee smite him by casting a stone, wherewith hee may be slaine, and he die, hee is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

  • Lev 24:17
    70%

    17He also that killeth any man, he shal be put to death.

  • Deut 21:9
    69%

    9So shalt thou take away the cry of innocet blood from thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

  • Exod 21:29
    69%

    29If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

  • Deut 21:22
    69%

    22If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, & thou hangest him on a tree,