2 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. 3 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work, 4 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
Deuteronomy 21:2–4
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Deuteronomy 22:17–19
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Deuteronomy 19:11–13
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Leviticus 14:4–6
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Leviticus 4:14–16
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Numbers 35:23–25
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Leviticus 14:49–51
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Numbers 35:10–12
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