Chapter .xxj.
If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee to possess it, and lieth in the fields, and not known who
hath slain him: Then let thine elders and thy judges come forth
and meet unto the cities that are round about the slain. And let
the elders of that city which is next unto the slain man, take an
heifer that is not laboured with nor hath drawn in the yoke, and
let them bring her unto a valley where is neither earing nor
sowing, and strike off her head there in the valley. Then let the
priests the sons of Levi come forth (for the LORD thy God hath
chosen them to minister and to bless in the name of the LORD and
therefore at their mouth shall all strife and plague be tried.)
And all the elders of the city that is next to the slain man shall
wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the plain,
and shall answer and say: our hands have not shed this blood
neither have our eyes seen it. Be merciful LORD unto thy people
Israel which thou hast delivered and put not innocent blood unto
thy people Israel: and the blood shall be forgiven them. And so
shalt thou put innocent blood from thee, when thou shalt have done
that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
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