Deuteronomy 21:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ The elders of the city that is closest to the person who was killed are to take a heifer that has not been worked and has not pulled with a yoke. ⁴ The elders of that city are to bring the heifer down to a gully that has a flowing stream and that has not been plowed and sown, and they are to break the neck of the heifer there in the gully.

⁵ Then the priests, the descendants of Levi, are to come near, because the Lord your God has chosen them to serve and to bless you in the name of the Lord, and every dispute and every case of assault is to be decided according to their ruling.