Deuteronomy 21

1 “Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.

for to find slain: killed in/on/with land: soil which LORD God your to give: give to/for you to/for to possess: take her to fall: kill in/on/with land: country not to know who? to smite him

2 [If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.

and to come out: come old: elder your and to judge you and to measure to(wards) [the] city which around [the] slain: killed

3 Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.

and to be [the] city [the] near to(wards) [the] slain: killed and to take: take old: elder [the] city [the] he/she/it heifer cattle which not to serve: labour in/on/with her which not to draw in/on/with yoke

4 They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.

and to go down old: elder [the] city [the] he/she/it [obj] [the] heifer to(wards) torrent: valley strong which not to serve: labour in/on/with him and not to sow and to break the neck there [obj] [the] heifer in/on/with torrent: valley

5 The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.

and to approach: approach [the] priest son: child Levi for in/on/with them to choose LORD God your to/for to minister him and to/for to bless in/on/with name LORD and upon lip: word their to be all strife and all plague

6 The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,

and all old: elder [the] city [the] he/she/it [the] near to(wards) [the] slain: killed to wash: wash [obj] hand their upon [the] heifer [the] to break the neck in/on/with torrent: valley

7 and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.

and to answer and to say hand our not (to pour: kill *Q(K)*) [obj] [the] blood [the] this and eye our not to see: see

8 Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’

to atone to/for people your Israel which to ransom LORD and not to give: put blood innocent in/on/with entrails: among people your Israel and to atone to/for them [the] blood

9 By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”

and you(m. s.) to burn: purge [the] blood [the] innocent from entrails: among your for to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: seeing LORD

10 “When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),

for to come out: come to/for battle upon enemy your and to give: give him LORD God your in/on/with hand: power your and to take captive captivity his

11 one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.

and to see: see in/on/with captive woman beautiful appearance and to desire in/on/with her and to take: take to/for you to/for woman: wife

12 He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].

and to come (in): bring her to(wards) midst house: home your and to shave [obj] head her and to make: do [obj] fingernail her

13 She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.

and to turn aside: remove [obj] mantle captivity her from upon her and to dwell in/on/with house: home your and to weep [obj] father her and [obj] mother her month day and after so to come (in): come to(wards) her and master: husband her and to be to/for you to/for woman: wife

14 Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”

and to be if not to delight in in/on/with her and to send: let go her to/for soul: appetite her and to sell not to sell her in/on/with silver: money not to tyranise in/on/with her underneath: because of which to afflict her

15 “Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.

for to be to/for man two woman: wife [the] one to love: lover and [the] one to hate and to beget to/for him son: child [the] to love: lover and [the] to hate and to be [the] son: child [the] firstborn to/for hated

16 On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.

and to be in/on/with day to inherit he [obj] son: child his [obj] which to be to/for him not be able to/for to be/bear firstborn [obj] son: child [the] to love: lover upon face son: child [the] to hate [the] firstborn

17 He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”

for [obj] [the] firstborn son: child [the] to hate to recognize to/for to give: give to/for him lip: according two in/on/with all which to find to/for him for he/she/it first: beginning strength his to/for him justice [the] birthright

18 “Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].

for to be to/for man: anyone son: child to rebel and to rebel nothing he to hear: obey in/on/with voice father his and in/on/with voice mother his (and to discipline *L(abh)*) [obj] him and not to hear: hear to(wards) them

19 If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.

and to capture in/on/with him father his and mother his and to come out: send [obj] him to(wards) old: elder city his and to(wards) gate place his

20 Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’

and to say to(wards) old: elder city his son: child our this to rebel and to rebel nothing he to hear: obey in/on/with voice our be vile and be drunk

21 Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”

and to stone him all human city his in/on/with stone and to die and to burn: purge [the] bad: evil from entrails: among your and all Israel to hear: hear and to fear

22 “If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,

and for to be in/on/with man: anyone sin justice: judgement death and to die and to hang [obj] him upon tree

23 you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”

not to lodge carcass his upon [the] tree for to bury to bury him in/on/with day [the] he/she/it for curse God to hang and not to defile [obj] land: soil your which LORD God your to give: give to/for you inheritance