Deuteronomy · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Deuteronomy 21 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Si en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te está dando encuentras el cadáver de un hombre en el campo y no sabes quién lo mató,
1 If someone is found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,
2 entonces tus hombres responsables y tus jueces saldrán y medirán la distancia desde el cadáver hasta las ciudades cercanas.
2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.
3 Los hombres responsables de la ciudad más cercana al cadáver tomarán de la manada una vaca joven que nunca haya sido usada para trabajar ni haya llevado yugo.
3 It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke.
4 Llevarán la vaca a un valle donde haya agua corriente y donde la tierra no haya sido arada ni sembrada, y allí le romperán el cuello.
4 The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
5 Entonces se acercarán los sacerdotes, los hijos de Leví, porque el Señor tu Dios los ha escogido para servirle y para dar bendiciones en el nombre del Señor. Por su decisión se resolverán las disputas y los casos de violencia.
5 The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.
6 Todos los hombres responsables de la ciudad más cercana al muerto se lavarán las manos sobre la vaca cuyo cuello fue quebrado en el valle.
6 All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
7 Entonces dirán: «Nuestras manos no causaron esta muerte y nuestros ojos no la vieron.
7 They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
8 Ten piedad, Señor, de tu pueblo Israel, al que has liberado, y quita de tu pueblo la culpa por esta muerte de un inocente». Así ya no serán responsables de la muerte de aquel hombre.
8 Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.
9 De esta manera quitarás de en medio de ti la culpa por una muerte inocente, haciendo lo correcto ante los ojos del Señor.
9 So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes.
10 Cuando salgas a la guerra contra otras naciones y el Señor tu Dios las entregue en tus manos y tomes prisioneros,
10 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive,
11 si entre los prisioneros ves a una mujer hermosa y deseas tomarla como esposa,
11 and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife,
12 llévala a tu casa y deja que se corte el cabello y las uñas.
12 then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.
13 Que se quite la ropa que llevaba cuando fue hecha prisionera y que viva en tu casa. Durante un mes entero llorará por su padre y su madre. Después de eso podrás unirte a ella y ser su esposo, y ella será tu esposa.
13 She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
14 Pero si después ya no la quieres, debes dejarla ir adonde quiera. No podrás venderla por dinero ni tratarla como propiedad, porque la has usado para tu placer.
14 It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
15 Si un hombre tiene dos esposas, una amada y la otra no amada, y las dos le han dado hijos, y el hijo mayor es hijo de la esposa no amada,
15 If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated,
16 cuando el hombre entregue sus bienes como herencia a sus hijos, no podrá tratar al hijo de la esposa amada como si fuera el primogénito en lugar del hijo de la esposa no amada.
16 then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;
17 Debe reconocer como primogénito al hijo de la esposa no amada y darle una porción doble de sus bienes, porque él es el primer fruto de su fuerza y le pertenece el derecho del primogénito.
17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
18 Si un hombre tiene un hijo terco e incontrolable, que no escucha a su padre ni a su madre y no les obedece aunque lo castiguen,
18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,
19 su padre y su madre lo llevarán ante los hombres responsables de la ciudad, al lugar público.
19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
20 Les dirán: «Este hijo nuestro es terco e incontrolable. No quiere escucharnos y se entrega al placer y a la bebida fuerte».
20 They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21 Entonces todos los hombres de la ciudad lo apedrearán hasta que muera. Así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti. Todo Israel lo oirá y tendrá miedo.
21 All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
22 Si un hombre comete un crimen que merece la muerte, y después de darle muerte cuelgan su cuerpo de un árbol,
22 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
23 no dejes su cuerpo en el árbol durante la noche. Entiérralo ese mismo día, porque el que es colgado es maldito por Dios. No hagas impura la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da como herencia.
23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 26:21; Psalm 5:6; Proverbs 28:17; Acts 28:4; Psalm 9:12
- 2 Romans 13:3–4; Deuteronomy 16:18–19
- 3 Numbers 19:2; Philippians 2:8; Jeremiah 31:18; Matthew 11:28–30
- 4 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 2:21–24
- 5 1 Chronicles 23:13; Malachi 2:7; Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 19:17; Numbers 6:22–27
- 6 Psalm 73:13; Psalm 26:6; Psalm 51:7; Matthew 27:24–25; Psalm 19:12
- 7 Job 21:21–23; Numbers 5:19–28; Job 21:31–34; 2 Samuel 16:8; Psalm 7:3–4
- 8 Jonah 1:14; 2 Samuel 3:28; Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:24–25; 2 Kings 24:4
- 9 Deuteronomy 19:12–13; 2 Kings 10:30–31; Deuteronomy 13:18
- 10 Deuteronomy 20:10–16; Joshua 21:44
- 11 Genesis 29:18–20; Proverbs 6:25; Proverbs 31:30; Genesis 12:14–15; Genesis 6:2
- 12 Ephesians 4:22; 1 Corinthians 11:6; Leviticus 14:9; Numbers 6:9
- 13 Luke 14:26–27; Psalm 45:10–11
- 14 Deuteronomy 22:29; Genesis 34:2; Deuteronomy 22:19; Deuteronomy 22:24; Exodus 21:7–11
- 15 Genesis 29:33; Genesis 29:20; Genesis 29:30–31; Genesis 29:18; 1 Samuel 1:4–5
- 16 1 Chronicles 5:2; 1 Chronicles 26:10; Philippians 4:8; Romans 8:29; Hebrews 12:16–17
- 17 Genesis 49:3; Genesis 25:31–34; 1 Chronicles 5:1–2; Psalm 105:36; Genesis 25:5–6
- 18 Leviticus 19:3; Exodus 20:12; Amos 4:11–12; Hebrews 12:9–11; Proverbs 23:13–14
- 19 Deuteronomy 25:7; Deuteronomy 21:2; Deuteronomy 16:18; Zechariah 13:3
- 20 Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 23:29–35; Proverbs 23:19–21; Proverbs 29:17; Proverbs 19:26
- 21 Deuteronomy 19:19–20; Deuteronomy 13:10–11; Leviticus 24:16; Deuteronomy 13:5; Deuteronomy 22:21
- 22 John 19:31–38; Acts 26:31; Luke 23:33; Deuteronomy 22:26; Matthew 26:66
- 23 Galatians 3:13; John 19:31; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Leviticus 18:25; Romans 9:3
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