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and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. Then (A)the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to minister for Him and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and every dispute and every [a]assault [b]shall be settled by them. And all the elders of that city [c]who are nearest to the slain man shall (B)wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit stroke
  2. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit shall be according to their mouth
  3. Deuteronomy 21:6 Lit which is