Deuteronomy 21:1-9

1“IfH3588 a person who has been killedH2491 by someone is foundH4672 lyingH5307 in the open countryH7704 in the landH127 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you to 1possessH3423, and it is not knownH3045 whoH4310 struckH5221 him, 2then your eldersH2205 and your judgesH8199 shall goH3318 outH3318 and measureH4058 the distance to the citiesH5892 whichH834 are aroundH5439 the oneH2491 who was killedH2491. 3And it shall be that the cityH5892 which is nearestH7138 to the personH2491 killedH2491, that is, that the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall takeH3947 a heiferH5697 of the herdH1241 that has not been workedH5647 2and has not pulledH4900 in a yokeH5923; 4and the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall bringH3381 the heiferH5697 downH3381 to a valleyH5158 with runningH386 waterH386, whichH834 has not been plowedH5647 or sownH2232, and they shall breakH6202 the heifer’sH5697 neckH6202 thereH8033 in the valleyH5158. 5Then 3the priestsH3548, the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878, shall comeH5066 forwardH5066, becauseH3588 the LordH3068 your GodH430 has chosenH977 them to serveH8334 Him and to blessH1288 in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068; and everyH3605 disputeH7379 and 4violentH5061 crimeH5061 shall be 5settledH5921H6310 by them. 6And allH3605 the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 6which is nearestH7138 to the personH2491 killedH2491 shall 7washH7364 their handsH3027 overH5921 the heiferH5697 whose neckH6202 wasH6202 brokenH6202 in the valleyH5158; 7and they shall respondH6030 and sayH559, ‘Our handsH3027 did not shedH8210 thisH2088 bloodH1818, norH3808 did our eyesH5869 seeH7200 who did. 88ForgiveH3722 Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478 whomH834 You have redeemedH6299, LordH3068, and do not placeH5414 the guiltH1818 forH1818 9innocentH5355 bloodH1818 in the midstH7130 of Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478.’ And the guiltH1818 forH1818 bloodshedH1818 shall be 10forgivenH3722 them. 911So you shall removeH1197 the guiltH1818 forH1818 innocentH5355 bloodH1818 from your midstH7130, whenH3588 you doH6213 whatH3477 isH3477 rightH3477 in the eyesH5869 of the LordH3068.