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and[a] are to lead the heifer to a flowing stream in a valley that has never been tilled or planted. They are to break the heifer’s neck there. Then the priests of the descendants of Levi are to step forward, because the Lord your God chose them to serve and pronounce blessings in his name.[b] Every case of dispute and assault is to be subject to their ruling. All the elders of the city nearest the dead body are to wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:4 Lit. The elders of the city
  2. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit. in the name of the Lord your God