nkjv Deuteronomy:21:1-8 SEEK
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If anyone is found slain ,
lying in the field in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess ,
and it is not known who killed him ,
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then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance from the slain man to the surrounding cities .
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And it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a yoke .
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The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water ,
which is neither plowed nor sown ,
and they shall break the heifer '
s neck there in the valley .
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Then the priests ,
the sons of Levi ,
shall come near ,
for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the LORD ;
by their word every controversy and every assault shall be settled .
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And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley .
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Then they shall answer and say , "
Our hands have not shed this blood ,
nor have our eyes seen it .
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Provide atonement ,
O LORD ,
for Your people Israel ,
whom You have redeemed ,
and do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel .'
And atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood .