Deuteronomy 21:3
“And 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;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man,.... And so suspected, as the Targum of Jonathan, of the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The requirements as regards place and victim are symbolic. The heifer represented the murderer, so far at least as to…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Deuteronomy 21:1-9
Care had been taken by some preceding laws for the vigorous and effectual persecution of a wilful murderer (Deu 19:11…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
and it shall be, etc.] Lit. and it shall beas regards the city which … that the elders of that city shall take, etc.…
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