World English Bible
"then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:"
— Deuteronomy 21:2, World English 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: ”
“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:”
If one be found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck him;
then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:
and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn't been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;
and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.