NET Bible
"your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse."
— Deuteronomy 21:2, NET Bible
“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:”
“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:”
Laws Concerning Unsolved Murder If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,
your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.
Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked– that has never pulled with the yoke–
and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer’s neck.
Then the Levitical priests will approach(for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict)