Deuteronomy 21 — Logos by Kai'Ros

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Deuteronomy

Chapter 21

KJV · Textus Receptus

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:

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

3 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;

4 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:

5 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:

6 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:

7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

8 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.

9 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.

10 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,

11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13 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.

14 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.

15 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:

16 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:

17 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.

18 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:

19 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;

20 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.

21 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.

22 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:

23 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.

1Sɛ wohunu deɛ wɔakum no da afuo mu wɔ asase a AWURADE wo Onyankopɔn de rema wo sɛ fa no so, na wonnim deɛ okum no a:Under pastoral review

2Ɛnneɛ wo mpanyimfoɔ ne w'atemmufoɔ bɛfiri adi, na wɔasusu akɔ nkuro a atwa deɛ wɔakum no no ho ahyia no ho:Under pastoral review

3Na ɛbɛba sɛ, kuro a ɛbɛn deɛ wɔakum no no, saa kuro no mpanyimfoɔ bɛfa nantwie ba bereɛ a wɔmfaa no nyɛɛ adwuma da, a ɔnntwee kɔnnua da;Under pastoral review

4Na saa kuro no mpanyimfoɔ de nantwie ba bereɛ no bɛsiane akɔ subɔnhwa a asase yɛ den a wɔnnfuntum da na wɔnnduaa so da mu, na wɔabu nantwie ba bereɛ no kɔn mu wɔ subɔnhwa no mu hɔ:Under pastoral review

5Na asɔfoɔ, Lewi mmammarima no, bɛtwe abɛn; efisɛ wɔn na AWURADE wo Onyankopɔn ayi wɔn sɛ wɔnsom no, na wɔnhyira wɔ AWURADE din mu; na wɔn ano so na manso biara ne ɔhweɛ biara bɛgyina:Under pastoral review

6Na saa kuro a ɛbɛn deɛ wɔakum no no mpanyimfoɔ nyinaa bɛhohoro wɔn nsa wɔ nantwie ba bereɛ a wɔabu ne kɔn mu wɔ subɔnhwa no mu no so:Under pastoral review

7Na wɔbɛbua aka sɛ, Yɛn nsa nnhwiee saa mogya yi nnguiɛ, na yɛn ani nso nnhunuiɛ.Under pastoral review

8Yɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ Israel a woagye wɔn no mmɔborɔhunu, AWURADE, na mfa mogya a ɛdi bem nto wo nkurɔfoɔ Israel so. Na wɔde mogya no bɛkyɛ wɔn.Under pastoral review

9Saa na wobɛyi mogya a ɛdi bem ho afɔdie afiri mo mu, ɛberɛ a woyɛ deɛ ɛtene wɔ AWURADE ani so no.Under pastoral review

10Sɛ wokɔ ɔko de tia w'atamfoɔ, na AWURADE wo Onyankopɔn de wɔn hyɛ wo nsa, na wofa wɔn nnommum a,Under pastoral review

11Na wohunu ɔbaa hoɔfɛfoɔ wɔ nnommum no mu, na w'ani gye ne ho, na wopɛ sɛ wofa no yere a;Under pastoral review

12Ɛnneɛ fa no bra wo fie; na ɔbɛyi ne ti so nwi, na wabubu ne mmɔwerɛ;Under pastoral review

13Na ɔbɛyi ne nnommum ntoma afiri ne ho, na watena wo fie, na wasu n'agya ne ne maame bosome mua: na ɛno akyi no, wobɛkɔ ne ho, na woayɛ ne kunu, na wayɛ wo yere.Under pastoral review

14Na ɛbɛba sɛ, sɛ w'ani nnye ne ho a, ɛnneɛ ma no nkɔ baabiara a ɔpɛ; na nntɔn no wɔ sika ho koraa, na mfa no nnyɛ adwadeɛ, efisɛ woabrɛ no ase.Under pastoral review

15Sɛ ɔbarima wɔ yerenom mmienu, ɔdɔ baako, na ɔtane baako, na wɔn nyinaa awo mma ama no, deɛ ɔdɔ no ne deɛ ɔtane no; na sɛ abakan no yɛ deɛ ɔtane no dea a:Under pastoral review

16Ɛnneɛ ɛbɛba sɛ, ɛda a ɔbɛma ne mmammarima adi deɛ ɔwɔ adeɛ no, ɔrentumi mfa deɛ ɔdɔ no ba nyɛ abakan nnsi deɛ ɔtane no ba a ɔyɛ abakan ampa no anim:Under pastoral review

17Na mmom ɔbɛgye deɛ ɔtane no ba no ato mu sɛ abakan, na wama no deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa mu mmɔho mmienu: efisɛ ɔyɛ n'ahoɔden ahyɛaseɛ; abakan kyɛfa yɛ ne dea.Under pastoral review

18Sɛ ɔbarima bi wɔ ɔba asoɔdenfoɔ ne otuatefoɔ a ɔnntie n'agya nne anaa ne maame nne, na sɛ wɔtwe n'aso a, ɔnntie wɔn a:Under pastoral review

19Ɛnneɛ n'agya ne ne maame bɛsɔ no mu, na wɔde no akɔ ne kuro mu mpanyimfoɔ nkyɛn, ne ne beaeɛ ɛpono ano;Under pastoral review

20Na wɔaka akyerɛ ne kuro mu mpanyimfoɔ sɛ, Yɛn ba yi yɛ asoɔdenfoɔ ne otuatefoɔ, ɔnntie yɛn nne; ɔyɛ odidifoɔ ne ɔkɔwensani.Under pastoral review

21Na ne kuro mu mmarima nyinaa bɛsi no aboɔ ma wawu: saa na wobɛyi bɔne afiri mo mu; na Israel nyinaa bɛte, na wɔasuro.Under pastoral review

22Na sɛ ɔbarima bi ayɛ bɔne a ɛfata owuo, na wɔkum no, na wode no sɛn dua so a:Under pastoral review

23N'amu renna dua no so anadwo mu, na mmom sie no saa ɛda no ara; (efisɛ deɛ wɔasɛn no no yɛ Onyankopɔn nnome;) na w'asase a AWURADE wo Onyankopɔn de rema wo sɛ agyapadeɛ no ho angu fi.Under pastoral review

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