Deuteronomy 21:1-9

1If one shall be foundH4672 slainH2491 in the landH127 which the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 givethH5414 thee to possessH3423 it, lyingH5307 in the fieldH7704, and it be not knownH3045 who hath slainH5221 him: 2Then thy eldersH2205 and thy judgesH8199 shall come forthH3318, and they shall measureH4058 to the citiesH5892 which are aroundH5439 him that is slainH2491: 3And it shall be, that the cityH5892 which is nextH7138 to the slain manH2491, even the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall takeH3947 an heiferH1241H5697, which hath not been workedH5647, and which hath not pulledH4900 the yokeH5923; 4And the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892 shall bring downH3381 the heiferH5697 to a roughH386 valleyH5158, which is neither tilledH5647 nor sownH2232, and shall strike offH6202 the heifer’sH5697 neckH6202 there in the valleyH5158: 5And the priestsH3548 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 shall come nearH5066; for them the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath chosenH977 to ministerH8334 to him, and to blessH1288 in the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068; and by their wordH6310 shall every controversyH7379 and every strokeH5061 be tried :1 6And all the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892, that are nextH7138 to the slainH2491 man, shall washH7364 their handsH3027 over the heiferH5697 that is beheadedH6202 in the valleyH5158: 7And they shall answerH6030 and sayH559, Our handsH3027 have not shedH8210 this bloodH1818, neither have our eyesH5869 seenH7200 it . 8Be mercifulH3722, O LORDH3068, to thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, whom thou hast redeemedH6299, and layH5414 not innocentH5355 bloodH1818 to the chargeH7130 of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478. And the bloodH1818 shall be forgivenH3722 them.2 9So shalt thou removeH1197 the guilt of innocentH5355 bloodH1818 from amongH7130 you, when thou shalt doH6213 that which is rightH3477 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068.