Deuteronomy 21:1-9

1If one be foundH4672 slain in the landH127 which Jehovah thy 1GodH430 giveth thee to possessH3423, lying in the fieldH7704, [and] it be not knownH3045 who hath smitten him,

2then thine eldersH2205 and thy judgesH8199 shall goH3318 forthH3318, and they shall measureH4058 unto the citiesH5892 which are roundH5439 about him that is slainH2491;

3and the cityH5892 that is nearestH7138 unto him that is slainH2491, even the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall takeH3947 a heiferH5697 that hath not beenH1961 wrought with, that hath not drawnH4900 in the yokeH5923;

4and the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall bringH3381 down the heiferH5697 unto an ever-flowing watercourse, which is not tilled, nor is it sownH2232, and shall breakH6202 the heifer's neckH6202 there in the watercourse;

5and the priestsH3548 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 shall come near; for them Jehovah thy 2GodH430 hath chosenH977 to do service unto him, and to blessH1288 in the nameH8034 of Jehovah; and according to their word shall beH1961 every controversy and every stroke.

6And all the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892, that are nearestH7138 unto him that is slainH2491, shall washH7364 their handsH3027 over the heiferH5697 whose neckH6202 is brokenH6202 in the watercourse,

7and shall answerH6030 and sayH559, Our handsH3027 have not shedH8210 this bloodH1818, neither have our eyesH5869 seenH7200 it.

8Forgive thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, whom thou, Jehovah, hast redeemedH6299, and lay not innocentH5355 bloodH1818 to the charge of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478; and the bloodH1818 shall be expiated for them.

9So shalt thou put away innocentH5355 bloodH1818 from thy midstH7130, when thou shalt do what is rightH3477 in the eyesH5869 of Jehovah.