lesserot - Deuteronomy:21:1-9

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:1 @ 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:

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:2 @ 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.

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:3 @ 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;

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:4 @ 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;

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:5 @ 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;

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:6 @ 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.

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:7 @ And they shall commence and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen it.

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:8 @ 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.

lesserot@Deuteronomy:21:9 @ 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.