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Send for the priests, the descendants of Levi, the ones the Eternal your God chose to serve Him and to bless His name, because they’re the ones who settle disputes and handle cases of injury like this.[a] The elders of the city that’s closest to the body will have jurisdiction and offer a special sacrifice. Have them take a heifer that has never been put to work pulling a yoke, bring it down by a flowing stream onto land where no crops have ever been planted or grown, and break its neck in that stream.

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  1. 21:5 Verse 5 has been moved forward to aid in comprehension.

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