Deuteronomy 21:1-9

1If one be foundH4672 slain in the landH127 which Jehovah thy GodH430 giveth thee to possessH3423 it, lying in the fieldH7704, and it be not knownH3045 who hath smitten him; 2then thy eldersH2205 and thy judgesH8199 shall comeH3318 forthH3318, and they shall measureH4058 unto the citiesH5892 which are roundH5439 about him that is slainH2491: 3and it shall beH1961, that the cityH5892 which is nearestH7138 unto the slainH2491 manH2205, even the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall takeH3947 a heiferH5697 of the herdH1241, which hath not beenH1961 wrought with, and which hath not drawnH4900 in the yokeH5923; 4and the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall bringH3381 down the heiferH5697 unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sownH2232, and shall breakH6202 the heifer’sH5697 neckH6202 there in the valley. 5And the priestsH3548 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 shall come near; for them Jehovah thy GodH430 hath chosenH977 to minister unto him, and to blessH1288 in the nameH8034 of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke beH1961. 6And all the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892, who are nearestH7138 unto the slainH2491 manH2205, shall washH7364 their handsH3027 over the heiferH5697 whose neckH6202 was brokenH6202 in the valley; 7and they shall answerH6030 and sayH559, Our handsH3027 have not shedH8210 this bloodH1818, neither have our eyesH5869 seenH7200 it. 8Forgive, O Jehovah, thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, whom thou hast redeemedH6299, and suffer not innocentH5355 bloodH1818 to remain in the midstH7130 of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478. And the bloodH1818 shall be forgiven them. 9So shalt thou put away the innocentH5355 bloodH1818 from the midstH7130 of thee, when thou shalt do that which is rightH3477 in the eyesH5869 of Jehovah.