American Standard Version (ASV):
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
King James Version (KJV):
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [tried]:
American Standard Version (ASV):
then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
King James Version (KJV):
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain:
American Standard Version (ASV):
and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
King James Version (KJV):
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;
American Standard Version (ASV):
Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.
King James Version (KJV):
Only the trees which thou knowest that they [be] not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
American Standard Version (ASV):
If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;
King James Version (KJV):
If [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:
American Standard Version (ASV):
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee?
King James Version (KJV):
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field [is] man’s [life]) to employ [them] in the siege:
American Standard Version (ASV):
but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;
King James Version (KJV):
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; [namely], the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
American Standard Version (ASV):
that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.
King James Version (KJV):
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
King James Version (KJV):
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.
American Standard Version (ASV):
But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;
King James Version (KJV):
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: