Catholic Public Domain Version
"your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities. "
— Deuteronomy 21:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:”
“then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: ”
“then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:”
“your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.”
“Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about:”
“Then 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;”
“Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:”
“When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,
your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.
And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.
And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.
And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.