1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Deuteronomy 21

1 The expiation of an uncertain murder. 10 The usage of a captive taken to wife. 15 The firstborn is not to be disinherited upon private affection. 18 A stubborn son is to be stoned to death. 22 The malefactor must not hang all night of a tree.

 21:1 “If 3588 a slain 2491a person is found 4672 lying 5307 in the open country 7704 in the land 127 which 834 the LORD 3068 your God 430 gives 5414 you to possess 3423, [and] it is not known 3045 who 4310 has struck 5221 him,

 21:2 then your elders 2205 and your judges 8199 shall go 3318 out and measure 4058 [the distance] to the cities 5892b which 834 are around 5439 the slain 2491a one 2491a.

 21:3 “It shall be that the city 5892b which is nearest 7138 to the slain 2491a man 2491a, that is, the elders 2205 of that city 5892b, shall take 3947 a heifer 5697 of the herd 1241, which 834 has not been worked 5647 and which 834 has not pulled 4900 in a yoke 5923;

 21:4 and the elders 2205 of that city 5892b shall bring 3381 the heifer 5697 down 3381 to a valley 5158a with running 386 water 386, which 834 has not been plowed 5647 or sown 2232, and shall break 6202 the heifer’s 5697 neck 6202 there 8033 in the valley 5158a.

 21:5 “Then the priests 3548, the sons 1121 of Levi 3878, shall come 5066 near 5066, for the LORD 3068 your God 430 has chosen 977 them to serve 8334 Him and to bless 1288 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068; and every 3605 dispute 7379 and every 3605 assault 5061 shall be settled 5921 6310 by them.

 21:6 “All 3605 the elders 2205 of that city 5892b which is nearest 7138 to the slain 2491a man 2491a shall wash 7364 their hands 3027 over 5921 the heifer 5697 whose neck 6202 was broken 6202 in the valley 5158a;

 21:7 and they shall answer 6030a and say 559, ‘Our hands 3027 did not shed 8210 this 2088 blood 1818, nor 3808 did our eyes 5869 see 7200 [it].

 21:8 ‘Forgive 3722a Your people 5971a Israel 3478 whom 834 You have redeemed 6299, O LORD 3068, and do not place 5414 the guilt 1818 of innocent 5355a blood 1818 in the midst 7130 of Your people 5971a Israel 3478.’ And the bloodguiltiness 1818 shall be forgiven 3722a them.

 21:9 “So you shall remove 1197a the guilt 1818 of innocent 5355a blood 1818 from your midst 7130, when 3588 you do 6213a what 3477 is right 3477 in the eyes 5869 of the LORD 3068.

 21:10 ¶ “When 3588 you go 3318 out to battle 4421 against 5921 your enemies 340, and the LORD 3068 your God 430 delivers 5414 them into your hands 3027 and you take 7617 them away captive 7628b,

 21:11 and see 7200 among the captives 7633 a beautiful 3303 woman 802, and have 2836a a desire 2836a for her and would take 3947 her as a wife 802 for yourself,

 21:12 then you shall bring 935 her home 8432 to your house 1004, and she shall shave 1548 her head 7218 and trim 6213a her nails 6856.

 21:13 “She shall also remove 5493 the clothes 8071 of her captivity 7628b and shall remain 3427 in your house 1004, and mourn 1058 her father 1 and mother 517 a full 3117 month 3391; and after 310 that you may go 935 in to her and be her husband 1166 and she shall be your wife 802.

 21:14 “It shall be, if 518 you are not pleased 2654a with her, then you shall let 7971 her go 7971 wherever she wishes 5315; but you shall certainly 4376 not sell 4376 her for money 3701, you shall not mistreat 6014b her, because 8478 834 you have humbled 6031a her.

 21:15 ¶ “If 3588 a man 376 has 1961 two 8147 wives 802, the one 259 loved 157 and the other 259 unloved 8130, and [both] the loved 157 and the unloved 8130 have borne 3205 him sons 1121, if the firstborn 1060 son 1121 belongs to the unloved 8146,

 21:16 then it shall be in the day 3117 he wills 5157 what 834 he has 1961 to his sons 1121, he cannot 3201 3808 make 1069 the son 1121 of the loved 157 the firstborn 1069 before 5921 6440 the son 1121 of the unloved 8130, who is the firstborn 1060.

 21:17 “But he shall acknowledge 5234 the firstborn 1060, the son 1121 of the unloved 8130, by giving 5414 him a double 8147 portion 6310 of all 3605 that he has 4672, for he is the beginning 7225 of his strength 202; to him belongs the right 4941 of the firstborn 1060.

 21:18 ¶ “If 3588 any 376 man 376 has 1961 a stubborn 5637 and rebellious 4784 son 1121 who will not obey 8085 6963 his father 1 or his mother 517, and when they chastise 3256 him, he will not even listen 8085 to them,

 21:19 then his father 1 and mother 517 shall seize 8610 him, and bring 3318 him out to the elders 2205 of his city 5892b at the gateway 8179 of his hometown 4725.

 21:20 “They shall say 559 to the elders 2205 of his city 5892b, ‘This 2088 son 1121 of ours is stubborn 5637 and rebellious 4784, he will not obey 8085 6963 us, he is a glutton 2151b and a drunkard 5433a.’

 21:21 “Then all 3605 the men 376 of his city 5892b shall stone 7275 him to death 4191; so you shall remove 1197a the evil 7451b from your midst 7130, and all 3605 Israel 3478 will hear 8085 [of it] and fear 3372a.

 21:22 ¶ “If 3588 a man 376 has committed 1961 a sin 2399 worthy 4941 of death 4194 and he is put 4191 to death 4191, and you hang 8518 him on a tree 6086,

 21:23 his corpse 5038 shall not hang 3885a all night 3885a on the tree 6086, but you shall surely 6912 bury 6912 him on the same 1931 day 3117 (for he who is hanged 8518 is accursed 7045 of God 430), so that you do not defile 2930 your land 127 which 834 the LORD 3068 your God 430 gives 5414 you as an inheritance 5159.