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When a Murder Is Committed, but the Murderer Can’t Be Found

21 This is what you must do if you find a murder victim lying in a field in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. If no one knows who committed the murder, your leaders and judges must go and measure the distance from the body to each of the neighboring cities. When it has been determined which city is nearest the body, the leaders from that city must choose a heifer that has never been put to work and never worn a yoke.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:3 A yoke   is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.

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