[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Deuteronomy Overview]] [[Deuteronomy 20]] [[Deuteronomy 22]] # Deuteronomy 21 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Laws Concerning Unsolved Murder [[#Verse 01.]] If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,  [[#Verse 02.]] your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.  [[#Verse 03.]] Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked—that has never pulled with the yoke—  [[#Verse 04.]] and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer’s neck.  [[#Verse 05.]] Then the Levitical priests will approach (for the Lordyour God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict) ,  [[#Verse 06.]] and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.  [[#Verse 07.]] Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.  [[#Verse 08.]] Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.” Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.  [[#Verse 09.]] In this manner you will purge the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the Lord. ### Laws Concerning Female Captives [[#Verse 10.]] When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the Lord your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,  [[#Verse 11.]] if you should see among them an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,  [[#Verse 12.]] you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails, [[#Verse 13.]] discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may sleep with her and become her husband and she your wife.  [[#Verse 14.]] If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her. ### Laws Concerning Children [[#Verse 15.]] Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less-loved wife.  [[#Verse 16.]] In the day he divides his inheritance he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other wife’s son who is actually the firstborn.  [[#Verse 17.]] Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less-loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power—to him should go the right of the firstborn. [[#Verse 18.]] If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,  [[#Verse 19.]] his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.  [[#Verse 20.]] They must declare to the elders of his city, “Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say—he is a glutton and drunkard.” [[#Verse 21.]] Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid. ### Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains [[#Verse 22.]] If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,  [[#Verse 23.]] his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes