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Deuteronomy
Chapter 21
1
If one be found slain in the land
which
Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead
gives
you to possess it,
lying
in the field,
and
it be not known who has slain him 2
then
your elders and your judges shall come forth,
and
they shall measure unto the cities
which
are round about him that is slain.
3
And it shall be,
that
the city which is next unto the slain man,
even
the elders of that city shall take an heifer,
which
has not been wrought with,
and
which has not drawn in the yoke.
4
And the elders of that city
shall
bring down the heifer unto a rough valley,
which
is neither eared nor sown,
and
shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley.
5
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near;
for
them Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead
has
chosen to minister unto Him,
and
to bless in the name of Jehovah/God;
and
by their word shall every controversy
and
every stroke be tried.
6
And all the elders of that city,
that
are next unto the slain man,
shall
wash their hands over the heifer
that
is beheaded in the valley.
7
And they shall answer and say,
Our
hands have not shed this blood,
neither
have our eyes seen it.
8
Be merciful, O Jehovah/God,
unto
Your people Israel,
whom
You have redeemed,
and
lay not innocent blood
unto
Your people of Israel's charge.
And
the blood shall be forgiven them.
9
So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood
from
among you,
when
you shall do that which is right
in
the sight of Jehovah/God.
10
When you go forth to war against your enemies,
and
Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead
has
delivered them into your hands,
and
you have taken them captive, 11
and
see among the captives a beautiful woman,
and
have a desire unto her,
that
you would have her to your wife . . . 12
then
you shall bring her home to your house;
and
she shall shave her head, and pare her nails.
13
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her,
and
shall remain in your house,
and
bewail her father and her mother a full month.
And
after that you shall go in unto her,
and
be her husband,
and
she shall be your wife.
14
And it shall be, if you have no delight in her,
then
you shall let her go where she will.
{he is to get rid of her hair, her cosmetics and fancy clothes -
once he really gets to know the real her, then he can marry her.
If he is not happy after seeing her like this, then he is to let her
go.}
But
you shall not sell her at all for money,
you
shall not make merchandise of her,
because
you have humbled her.
{Rules
of the FirstBorn Firm}
15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated,
and
they have born him children,
both
the beloved and the hated
and
if the firstborn son be hers that was hated . . .16
then
it shall be,
when
he makes his sons to inherit that which he has,
that
he may not make the son of the beloved
firstborn
before the son of the hated,
which
is indeed the firstborn.
17
But he shall acknowledge
the
son of the hated for the firstborn,
by
giving him a double portion of all that he has . . .
for
he is the beginning of his strength . . .
the
right of the firstborn is his.
{Incorrigible
Son's Treatment}
18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son,
which
will not obey the voice of his father,
or
the voice of his mother, and that,
when
they have chastened him,
will
not 'hear, listen and obey' {shama'} unto them.
19
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,
and
bring him out unto the elders of his city,
and
unto the gate of his place.
20
And they shall say unto the elders of his city,
This
our son is stubborn and rebellious,
he
will not obey our voice.
He
is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21
And all the men of his city
shall
stone him with stones, that he die.
So
shall you put evil away from among you;
and
all Israel shall hear, and fear.
22-23a
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death,
and
he is about to be put to death,
and
you hang him on a tree . . . 23a
his
body shall not remain all night upon the tree,
but
you shall in any wise bury him that day
(for
he that is hanged is accursed of 'Elohiym/Godhead)
[Note:
Paul quotes this concerning Jesus' Work on the cross in Galatians
3:13. See also the concept of "cherem".
It is very important.]
23b
That your land be not defiled,
which
Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead
gives
you for an inheritance.
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