Deuteronomy 21
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- 1If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death:
- כִּי־
- כִּיki-ifH3588A
- יִמָּצֵ֣א
- יִמָּצֵ֣אyi.ma.Tze'it will be foundH4672
- חָלָ֗ל
- חָלָ֗לcha.Lal[one] slainH2491A
- בָּאֲדָמָה֙
- אֲשֶׁר֩
- אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhichH0834A
- יְהוָ֨ה
- יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ
- נֹתֵ֤ן
- נֹתֵ֤ןno.Ten[is] about to giveH5414G
- לְךָ֙
- לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ
- נֹפֵ֖ל
- נֹפֵ֖לno.FellyingH5307J
- בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה
- לֹ֥א
- לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
- נוֹדַ֖ע
- נוֹדַ֖עno.Da'it is knownH3045
- מִ֥י
- מִ֥יmiwho?H4310
- הִכָּֽהוּ׃
- כִּי־
- 2Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;
- 3And whichever town is nearest to the body, the responsible men of that town are to take from the herd a young cow which has never been used for work or put under the yoke;
- וְהָיָ֣ה
- הָעִ֔יר
- הַקְּרֹבָ֖ה
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- הֶחָלָ֑ל
- וְלָֽקְח֡וּ
- זִקְנֵי֩
- זִקְנֵי֩zik.Nei[the] elders ofH2205G
- הָעִ֨יר
- הַהִ֜וא
- עֶגְלַ֣ת
- עֶגְלַ֣ת'eg.Lata heifer ofH5697A
- בָּקָ֗ר
- בָּקָ֗רba.Kar[the] herdH1241
- אֲשֶׁ֤ר
- אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- לֹֽא־
- לֹֽאlo'-notH3808
- עֻבַּד֙
- עֻבַּד֙'u.Badit has been workedH5647I
- בָּ֔הּ
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- לֹא־
- לֹאlo'-notH3808
- מָשְׁכָ֖ה
- מָשְׁכָ֖הma.she.Khahit has draggedH4900
- בְּעֹֽל׃
- 4And they are to take the cow into a valley where there is flowing water, and which is not ploughed or planted, and there the neck of the cow is to be broken:
- וְהוֹרִ֡דוּ
- זִקְנֵי֩
- זִקְנֵי֩zik.Nei[the] elders ofH2205G
- הָעִ֨יר
- הַהִ֤וא
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הָֽעֶגְלָה֙
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- נַ֣חַל
- נַ֣חַלNa.chala wadiH5158N
- אֵיתָ֔ן
- אֵיתָ֔ן'ei.Tanever-flowingH0386
- אֲשֶׁ֛ר
- אֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- לֹא־
- לֹאlo'-notH3808
- יֵעָבֵ֥ד
- יֵעָבֵ֥דye.'a.Vedit is tilledH5647I
- בּ֖וֹ
- וְלֹ֣א
- יִזָּרֵ֑עַ
- יִזָּרֵ֑עַyi.za.Re.a'it is sownH2232
- וְעָֽרְפוּ־
- שָׁ֥ם
- שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033G
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הָעֶגְלָ֖ה
- בַּנָּֽחַל׃
- 5Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:
- וְנִגְּשׁ֣וּ
- הַכֹּהֲנִים֮
- בְּנֵ֣י
- בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121A
- לֵוִי֒
- לֵוִי֒le.ViLeviH3878
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkiforH3588A
- בָ֗ם
- בָּחַ֞ר
- בָּחַ֞רba.Charhe has chosenH0977
- יְהוָ֤ה
- יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙
- לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ
- וּלְבָרֵ֖ךְ
- בְּשֵׁ֣ם
- יְהוָ֑ה
- יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- וְעַל־
- פִּיהֶ֥ם
- יִהְיֶ֖ה
- יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will beH1961
- כָּל־
- כָּלkol-everyH3605
- רִ֥יב
- רִ֥יבrivdisputeH7379
- וְכָל־
- נָֽגַע׃
- נָֽגַעNa.ga'woundH5061
- 6And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,
- 7Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.
- 8Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death.
- כַּפֵּר֩
- כַּפֵּר֩ka.Permake atonementH3722A
- לְעַמְּךָ֨
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
- אֲשֶׁר־
- אֲשֶׁר'a.Sher-whichH0834A
- פָּדִ֙יתָ֙
- פָּדִ֙יתָ֙pa.Di.tayou ransomedH6299
- יְהוָ֔ה
- יְהוָ֔הYah.wehO YahwehH3068G
- וְאַל־
- תִּתֵּן֙
- תִּתֵּן֙ti.Tenyou putH5414H
- דָּ֣ם
- דָּ֣םdambloodH1818
- נָקִ֔י
- נָקִ֔יna.KiinnocentH5355A
- בְּקֶ֖רֶב
- עַמְּךָ֣
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
- וְנִכַּפֵּ֥ר
- לָהֶ֖ם
- הַדָּֽם׃
- כַּפֵּר֩
- 9So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
- 10When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;
- 11If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;
- 12Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;
- 13And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.
- וְהֵסִ֩ירָה֩
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- שִׂמְלַ֨ת
- שִׂמְלַ֨תsim.Lat[the] clothing ofH8071
- שִׁבְיָ֜הּ
- מֵעָלֶ֗יהָ
- וְיָֽשְׁבָה֙
- בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ
- וּבָֽכְתָ֛ה
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- אָבִ֥יהָ
- וְאֶת־
- אִמָּ֖הּ
- יֶ֣רַח
- יֶ֣רַחYe.racha month ofH3391
- יָמִ֑ים
- יָמִ֑יםya.MimdaysH3117G
- וְאַ֨חַר
- כֵּ֜ן
- כֵּ֜ןkenthusH3651C
- תָּב֤וֹא
- תָּב֤וֹאta.Vo'you will goH0935G
- אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙
- וּבְעַלְתָּ֔הּ
- וְהָיְתָ֥ה
- לְךָ֖
- לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
- 14But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.
- וְהָיָ֞ה
- אִם־
- אִם'im-ifH0518A
- לֹ֧א
- לֹ֧אlo'notH3808
- חָפַ֣צְתָּ
- חָפַ֣צְתָּcha.Fatz.tayou delightH2654A
- בָּ֗הּ
- וְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ֙
- לְנַפְשָׁ֔הּ
- וּמָכֹ֥ר
- לֹא־
- לֹאlo'-notH3808
- תִמְכְּרֶ֖נָּה
- בַּכָּ֑סֶף
- לֹא־
- לֹאlo'-notH3808
- תִתְעַמֵּ֣ר
- תִתְעַמֵּ֣רtit.'a.Meryou will treat as a slaveH6014B
- בָּ֔הּ
- תַּ֖חַת
- תַּ֖חַתTa.chatbecauseH8478J
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH0834A
- עִנִּיתָֽהּ׃
- 15If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-ifH3588A
- תִהְיֶ֨יןָ
- תִהְיֶ֨יןָtih.Yei.nathey will belongH1961
- לְאִ֜ישׁ
- שְׁתֵּ֣י
- שְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeitwoH8147
- נָשִׁ֗ים
- נָשִׁ֗יםna.ShimwivesH0802H
- הָאַחַ֤ת
- אֲהוּבָה֙
- אֲהוּבָה֙'a.hu.Vah[is] lovedH0157G
- וְהָאַחַ֣ת
- שְׂנוּאָ֔ה
- שְׂנוּאָ֔הse.nu.'Ah[is] hatedH8130
- וְיָֽלְדוּ־
- ל֣וֹ
- בָנִ֔ים
- בָנִ֔יםva.NimsonsH1121A
- הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה
- וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑ה
- וְהָיָ֛ה
- הַבֵּ֥ן
- הַבְּכ֖וֹר
- לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה׃
- כִּֽי־
- 16Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:
- וְהָיָ֗ה
- בְּיוֹם֙
- הַנְחִיל֣וֹ
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- בָּנָ֔יו
- אֵ֥ת
- אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H0853
- אֲשֶׁר־
- אֲשֶׁר'a.Sher-[that] whichH0834A
- יִהְיֶ֖ה
- יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will belongH1961
- ל֑וֹ
- לֹ֣א
- לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
- יוּכַ֗ל
- יוּכַ֗לyu.Khalhe will be ableH3201
- לְבַכֵּר֙
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- בֶּן־
- בֶּןben-[the] sonH1121A
- הָ֣אֲהוּבָ֔ה
- עַל־
- עַל'al-onH5921A
- פְּנֵ֥י
- פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440H
- בֶן־
- בֶןven-[the] son ofH1121A
- הַשְּׂנוּאָ֖ה
- הַבְּכֹֽר׃
- 17But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.
- כִּי֩
- כִּי֩kithatH3588A
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הַבְּכֹ֨ר
- בֶּן־
- בֶּןben-[the] son ofH1121A
- הַשְּׂנוּאָ֜ה
- יַכִּ֗יר
- יַכִּ֗ירya.Kirhe will acknowledgeH5234A
- לָ֤תֶת
- לוֹ֙
- פִּ֣י
- פִּ֣יpia mouth ofH6310K
- שְׁנַ֔יִם
- שְׁנַ֔יִםshe.Na.yimtwoH8147
- בְּכֹ֥ל
- אֲשֶׁר־
- אֲשֶׁר'a.Sher-thatH0834A
- יִמָּצֵ֖א
- יִמָּצֵ֖אyi.ma.Tze'it will be foundH4672
- ל֑וֹ
- כִּי־
- כִּיki-forH3588A
- הוּא֙
- הוּא֙hu'heH1931
- רֵאשִׁ֣ית
- רֵאשִׁ֣יתre.Shit[is] [the] beginning ofH7225G
- אֹנ֔וֹ
- ל֖וֹ
- מִשְׁפַּ֥ט
- מִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.Pat[the] claim ofH4941H
- הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃
- כִּי֩
- 18If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-ifH3588A
- יִהְיֶ֣ה
- יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehhe will belongH1961
- לְאִ֗ישׁ
- בֵּ֚ן
- בֵּ֚ןbena sonH1121A
- סוֹרֵ֣ר
- סוֹרֵ֣רso.RerstubbornH5637
- וּמוֹרֶ֔ה
- אֵינֶ֣נּוּ
- שֹׁמֵ֔עַ
- שֹׁמֵ֔עַsho.Me.a'[is] listeningH8085H
- בְּק֥וֹל
- אָבִ֖יו
- וּבְק֣וֹל
- אִמּ֑וֹ
- וְיסְּר֣וּ
- אֹת֔וֹ
- וְלֹ֥א
- יִשְׁמַ֖ע
- יִשְׁמַ֖עyish.Ma'he will listenH8085G
- אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
- כִּֽי־
- 19Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
- 20And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.
- 21Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.
- 22If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;
- 23Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
- לֹא־
- לֹאlo'-notH3808
- תָלִ֨ין
- תָלִ֨יןta.Linit will remain overnightH3885A
- נִבְלָת֜וֹ
- עַל־
- עַל'al-onH5921A
- הָעֵ֗ץ
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- קָב֤וֹר
- קָב֤וֹרka.Vorcertainly <to bury>H6912
- תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙
- בַּיּ֣וֹם
- הַה֔וּא
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- קִלְלַ֥ת
- קִלְלַ֥תki.Lat[is] a curse ofH7045
- אֱלֹהִ֖ים
- אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH0430G
- תָּל֑וּי
- תָּל֑וּיta.Lui[one who] is hangedH8518
- וְלֹ֤א
- תְטַמֵּא֙
- תְטַמֵּא֙te.ta.Me'you will make uncleanH2930A
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔
- אֲשֶׁר֙
- אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH0834A
- יְהוָ֣ה
- יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ
- נֹתֵ֥ן
- נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[is] about to giveH5414G
- לְךָ֖
- נַחֲלָֽה׃
- נַחֲלָֽהna.cha.Lahan inheritanceH5159
- לֹא־
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