2Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about:


In Context

1 When there shall be found in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,

2 Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about:

3 And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground,

4 And they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer:

Deuteronomy 21:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:2your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:2then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:2then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him that is slain: