Deuteronomy 21:2
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
In other versions
then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
ASV
Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;
BBE
then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;
DBY
then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain:
WEB
then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which `are' round about the slain one,
YLT
Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
ENG
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain:
WBT
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
BSB
In context
1If 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:
2Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
3And 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;
4And 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:
