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Deuteronomy 21:1

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Law concerning Murder by Persons Unknown

21“If, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess, a body is found lying in open country, and it is not known who struck the person down,*

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  1. *Josh 1:6

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If someone is found slain, lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who the killer was,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“If a murder victim is found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

NLTNew Living Translation

“When you are in the land the Lord your God is giving you, someone may be found murdered in a field, and you don’t know who committed the murder.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“If someone slain is found in the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you to take possession of it and is lying in the field, and it is not known who killed him,

KJV 1900King James Version

If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: