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Primary Verses:
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Deuteronomy 21:1-9
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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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