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and the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer which has never been worked and which has not pulled in the yoke .
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And 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 .
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And the priests the sons of Levi shall come forward ,
for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the LORD ,
and by their word every dispute 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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and they shall testify , `
Our hands did not shed this blood ,
neither did our eyes see it shed .
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Forgive ,
O LORD ,
thy people Israel ,
whom thou hast redeemed ,
and set not the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of thy people Israel ;
but let the guilt of blood be forgiven them .'
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So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst ,
when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD .