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:
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
a rough valley As the word {nachal} signifies both a {torrent}, and the {valley or glen} through which it flows, {nachal aithan} may be rendered a {rapid torrent} Many torrents in Judea are dry during a great part of the year; when not only their banks but their beds may be ploughed, and yield a crop. Hence there is no impropriety in specifying that such a place should be one that `is neither cared nor sown;' while the circumstance that the elders were to {wash} their hands over the heifer, whose head had been struck off into the stream, confirms this interpretation. The spot ground where this sacrifice was made must be {uncultivated}, because it was considered as a sacrifice for the atonement of murder, and, consequently, would {pollute} the land.
shall strike
1 Peter 2:21-24 For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for …
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, …
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
wash their hands Washing the hands was anciently a symbolical action, denoting that the person was innocent of the crime in question.
Job 9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Psalm 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse you me from secret faults.
Psalm 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass your altar, O LORD:
Psalm 51:2,7,14 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin…
Psalm 73:13 Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
Jeremiah 2:22 For though you wash you with nitre, and take you much soap, yet your …
Matthew 27:24,25 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a …
Hebrews 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal …
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
lay not
Numbers 35:33 So you shall not pollute the land wherein you are: for blood it defiles …
2 Samuel 3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said…
2 Kings 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem …
Psalm 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse you me from secret faults.
Jeremiah 26:15 But know you for certain, that if you put me to death, you shall …
Ezekiel 23:3,24,25 And they committed prostitutions in Egypt; they committed prostitutions …
Jonah 1:14 Why they cried to the LORD, and said, We beseech you, O LORD, we …
Matthew 23:35 That on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth…
1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have …
unto thy people [heb] in the midst
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
desire
Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; …
Genesis 12:14,15 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians …
Genesis 29:18-20 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for …
Genesis 34:3,8 And his soul joined to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved …
Judges 14:2,3 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have …
Proverbs 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you …
Proverbs 31:10,30 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies…
that
Numbers 31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with …
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
and she shall This was in token of renouncing her religion, and becoming a proselyte to that of the jews. This is still a custom in the East: when a Christian turns Mohammedan, his head is shaved, and he is carried through the city crying {le eelah eela allah wemochammed resoolu llahee, `There is no God but the GOD, and Mohammed is the prophet of God.'
1 Corinthians 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it …
Ephesians 4:22 That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, …
pare her nails; `i.e. probably neither paring nor letting them grow, but dressing or beautifying them as the Eastern women still do by tinging them with leave of an odoriferous plant called alhenna, which Hasselquist (p.246) informs us, `grows in India and in upper and lower Egypt, flowering from May to August. The leaves are pulverized and made into a paste with water: they bond this paste on the nails of their hands and feet, and keep it on all night. This gives them a deep yellow, which is greatly admired by Eastern nations. The colour lasts for three or four weeks before there is occasion to renew it. The custom is so ancient in Egypt, that I have seen the nails of mummies dyed in this manner.'
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
1 Chronicles 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the chief …
1 Chronicles 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, …
2 Chronicles 11:19-22 Which bore him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham…
2 Chronicles 21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and …
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed …
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are …
Hebrews 12:16,17 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for …
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
by giving
Genesis 25:5,6,32,34 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac…
1 Chronicles 5:1,2 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; …
that he hath [heb] that is found with him
the beginning
Genesis 49:3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, …
Psalm 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
the right
Genesis 25:31-34 And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright…
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
have a stubborn
Proverbs 28:24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and said, It is no transgression; …
Proverbs 30:11,17 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless …
Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, …
obey the voice
Deuteronomy 27:16 Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all …
Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long on …
Exodus 21:15,17 And he that smites his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death…
Leviticus 19:3 You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my …
Leviticus 21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing …
Proverbs 15:5 A fool despises his father's instruction: but he that regards reproof …
Proverbs 20:20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out …
Ezekiel 22:7 In you have they set light by father and mother: in the middle of …
when they
Deuteronomy 8:5 You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his …
2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, …
Proverbs 13:24 He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens …
Proverbs 19:18 Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare …
Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction …
Proverbs 23:13,14 Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with …
Proverbs 29:17 Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yes, he shall give …
Hebrews 12:9-11 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, …
will not
Isaiah 1:5 Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: …
Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, are not your eyes on the truth? you have stricken them, but …
Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised …
Ezekiel 24:13 In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you …
Amos 4:11,12 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, …
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
all the men
Deuteronomy 13:10,11 And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has …
Deuteronomy 17:5 Then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed …
Leviticus 24:16 And he that blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put …
so shalt thou
Deuteronomy 13:5,11 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; …
Deuteronomy 19:19,20 Then shall you do to him, as he had thought to have done to his brother: …
Deuteronomy 22:21,24 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's …
all Israel
Deuteronomy 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such …
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
worthy of death [heb] of the judgment of death The Hebrews understand this not of putting to death by hanging, but of hanging a man up after he was stoned to death; which was done more ignominiously of some heinous malefactors. We have the examples of Rechab and Baanah, who, for murdering Ish-bosheth, were slain by David's commandment, their hand and feet cut off, and {then} hanged up.
2 Samuel 4:12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off …
Joshua 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon …
Joshua 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on …
Numbers 25:4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and …
in
Numbers 25:4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and …
Deuteronomy 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart …
Deuteronomy 22:26 But to the damsel you shall do nothing; there is in the damsel no …
1 Samuel 26:16 This thing is not good that you have done. As the LORD lives, you …
Matthew 26:66 What think you? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Acts 23:29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to …
Acts 25:11,25 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, …
Acts 26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, …
thou hang
2 Samuel 21:6,9 Let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them …
Luke 23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there …
John 19:31-38 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies …
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
he that is hanged is accursed of God. [heb] that is, it is the highest degree of reproach that can attach to a man, and proclaims him under the curse of God as much as any external punishment can. They that see him thus hanging between heaven and earth, will conclude him abandoned of both, and unworthy of either. Bp. Patrick observes, that this passage is applied to the death of Christ; not only because he bare our sins and was exposed to shame, as these malefactors were that were accursed of God, but because he was in the evening taken down from the cursed tree and buried, (and that by the particular care of the Jews, with an eye to this law,
John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies …
Deuteronomy 7:26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you …
Numbers 25:4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and …
Joshua 7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, …
2 Samuel 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them …
Romans 9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers, …
Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse …
1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might …
thy land
Leviticus 18:25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof …
Numbers 35:33,34 So you shall not pollute the land wherein you are: for blood it defiles …
