Deut.21.1

Deuteronomy 21:1

KJV

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:

Atonement for an Unsolved Murder

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

KJV GOD

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Cain and Abel

The First Murder

Deuteronomy 19:10

KJV

That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Cities of Refuge

Deuteronomy 20:20

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Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Laws of Warfare

Deuteronomy 21:2

KJV

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