Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one,

New American Standard Bible

then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the slain one.

King James 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:

Holman Bible

your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities.

International Standard Version

then let your elders and judges go out and measure the distance from the dead body to the neighboring cities.

A Conservative Version

then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth. And they shall measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain,

American Standard 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:

Amplified

then your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the dead person.

Bible in Basic English

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;

Darby Translation

then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;

Julia Smith Translation

And thy old men and thy judges shall come forth and measure to the cities which are round about him wounded:

King James 2000

Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

Lexham Expanded Bible

then your elders and your judges shall go out and shall measure [the distance] to the cities that [are] around the slain one.

Modern King James verseion

then your elders and your judges shall come forth. And they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is dead.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then let thine elders and thy judges come forth and meet unto the cities that are round about the slain.

NET Bible

your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.

New Heart 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:

The Emphasized Bible

then shall thine elders and thy judges go forth, - and measure unto the cities that are round about the slain;

Webster

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain:

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:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

and thy judges
שׁפט 
Shaphat 
Usage: 203

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

מדד 
Madad 
Usage: 51

unto the cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

סביבה סביב 
Cabiyb 
Usage: 334

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

1 When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it -- fallen in a field -- it is not known who hath smitten him, 2 then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one, 3 and it hath been, the city which is near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke,



Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

Romans 13:3-4

For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

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