Deuteronomy 21:1

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:

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

If [one] be found (a) 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 hi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

See W. R. Smith, Kinship 1 p. 263 (= 64f. in Kinship 2) for a similar law among the ancient Arabs. The ground of this law may be the belief that,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. lying . fallen down.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pause at these verses to remark the particularity of feature in the beast, which was doomed as a victim on this occasion; that it must be one which...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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:...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Undetected Murder. B. C. 1451. 1 If o...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 21 How to expiate an uncertain murder, Deuteronomy 21:1-19 . The usage of a captive taken to wife, Deuteronomy 21:10-14 ....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Regulation Concerning Violent Death Where The Murderer Is Not Known ( Deuteronomy 21:1-9 ). While for convenience we are splitting up Moses' spee...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—The reason for grouping these five laws, apparently so different from one another, as well as for attaching them to the previous re...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

If one be found slain. God’s value of individual life “This narrative,” says one, “sets forth the preciousness of human life in the sight of Go...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION EXPIATION OF UNCERTAIN MURDER . TREATMENT OF A CAPTIVE TAKEN TO WIFE . RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN . A REBELLIO...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If one be found slain in the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee to possess it, somewhere out in the open, on the soil, lying in the field, w...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Case of an Unknown Murder
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 28:4 ; Isaiah 26:21 ; Proverbs 28:17 ; Psalms 5:6 ; Psalms 9:12
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The field — Or, in the city, or any place: only the field is named, as the place where such murders are most commonly committed.

¹ 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:

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 21:1

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 21:1