Deuteronomy 21:1

WEB

¹If someone is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,

KJV

¹If 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:

BSB

¹If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

FBV

¹Someone may be found murdered, lying in a field in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own, and nobody knows who killed them.

Extra References

Isaiah 26:21

²¹For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.

Proverbs 28:17

¹⁷A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death. No one will support him.

Psalms 9:12

¹²For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

Acts 28:4

⁴When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”

Psalms 5:6

⁶You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.