Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him that is slain:
then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
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;
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain:
then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:
then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
The elders represented the citizens at large, the judges the magistracy: priests Deuteronomy 21:5 from the nearest priestly town, were likewise to be at hand. Thus, all classes would be represented at the purging away of that blood-guiltiness which until removed attached to the whole community.
21:2 Thy elders and judges - Those of thy elders who are judges: the judges or rulers of all the neighbouring cities. Measure - Unless it be evident which city is nearest; for then measuring was superfluous.