Deuteronomy:21:1-9

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* If there be found a slain person in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it , lying in the field , it be not known who hath slain him : * Then shall thy elders and thy judges go forth , and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about the one that is slain . * And it shall be , that the city which is the nearest unto the slain person , even the elders of that city shall take a heifer , which hath not been wrought with , which hath not drawn in a yoke ; * And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley , which is neither tilled nor sown , and they shall break there the neck of the heifer in the valley ; * 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 after their decision shall be done every controversy and every injury ; * And all the elders of that city who are nearest unto the slain person shall wash their hands over the heifer , the neck of which is broken in the valley . * And they shall commence and say , Our hands have not shed this blood , and our eyes have not seen it . * Grant pardon unto thy people Israel , whom thou hast redeemed , O Lord , and lay not innocent blood in the midst of thy people Israel : and the blood shall be forgiven unto them . * And thou shalt put away the the innocent blood from the midst of thee , when thou wilt do what is right in the eyes of the Lord .

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