Deuteronomy 21:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

21 Then there shall be found in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,

² Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about:

³ And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground,