Ulangan 21:1
Konteks21:1 If a homicide victim 1 should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, 2 and no one knows who killed 3 him,
Ulangan 21:6
Konteks21:6 and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse 4 must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. 5
[21:1] 1 tn Heb “slain [one].” The term חָלָל (khalal) suggests something other than a natural death (cf. Num 19:16; 23:24; Jer 51:52; Ezek 26:15; 30:24; 31:17-18).
[21:1] 2 tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[21:1] 3 tn Heb “struck,” but in context a fatal blow is meant; cf. NLT “who committed the murder.”
[21:6] 4 tn Heb “slain [one].”
[21:6] 5 tn Heb “wadi,” a seasonal watercourse through a valley.