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then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain:
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Commentators note a debate about who the 'elders and judges' were. While some suggest they were local leaders, influential Jewish tradition holds they were often special commissioners from the Sanhedrin, Israel's highest court. This underscores the extreme gravity of an unsolved murder, treating it as a national issue requiring top-level involvement.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The elders represented the citizens at large, the judges the magistracy: priests (Deuteronomy 21:5) from the nearest priestly town were…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 21:1–9. UNDETECTED HOMICIDES.
If one is found slain — It is remarkable th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then your elders and your judges shall come forth From the city or cities near to which the murder was committed, to…
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