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Primary Verses:
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Deuteronomy 21:1-8
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"If one be found slain in
the land which YHVH thy God giveth thee to possess it,
lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain
him: Then thy elders
and thy judges shall come forth, and
they shall measure unto the cities which are round about
him that is slain: 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; And the elders of that city shall bring down the
heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor
sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in
the valley: And
the priests the sons of
Levi shall come near; for them YHVH thy God hath chosen
to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of YHVH;
and by their word shall every controversy and every
stroke be tried: 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: And they
shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this
blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Be merciful, O
LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed,
and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's
charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. So shalt
thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among
you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight
of YHVH.""
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