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Deuteronomy 21:4-6
Lexham English Bible

4 and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a wadi that flows with water all year[a] and that has not been plowed and has not been sown; then there they shall break the neck of the heifer in the wadi.[b] 5 Then the priests, the descendants[c] of Levi, shall come near, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to bless in the name of Yahweh, and every legal dispute and every case of assault will be subject to their ruling.[d] 6 And all of the elders of that city nearest to the slain person shall wash their hands over the heifer with the broken neck in the wadi.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:4 Literally “an ever-flowing wadi”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:4 Literally “they shall break there the neck with respect to the heifer in the ever-flowing wadi”; the Hebrew verb carries the meaning “to break the neck of”
  3. Deuteronomy 21:5 Or “sons”
  4. Deuteronomy 21:5 Literally “on their mouth”
  5. Deuteronomy 21:6 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
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