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Deuteronomy 21:5

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And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:3

    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;

  2. Deuteronomy 21:4

    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:

  3. Deuteronomy 21:6

    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:

  4. Deuteronomy 21:7

    And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.