Deuteronomy 21:1-6

Deuteronomy 21:1-6

[1] If one be found  slain  in the land  which the LORD  thy God  giveth  thee to possess  it, lying  in the field,  and it be not known  who hath slain  him: [2] Then thy elders  and thy judges  shall come forth,  and they shall measure  unto the cities  which are round about  him that is slain:  [3] And it shall be, that the city  which is next  unto the slain man,  even the elders  of that city  shall take  an heifer,  which hath not been wrought with,  and which hath not drawn  in the yoke;  [4] And the elders  of that city  shall bring down  the heifer  unto a rough  valley,  which is neither eared  nor sown,  the heifer's  neck  there in the valley:  [5] And the priests  the sons  of Levi  shall come near;  for them the LORD  thy God  hath chosen  to minister  unto him, and to bless  in the name  of the LORD;  and by their word  shall every controversy  and every stroke  be tried: [6] And all the elders  of that city,  that are next  unto the slain  man, shall wash  their hands  over the heifer  that is beheaded  in the valley: