Deuteronomy 21:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The judges and other leaders from the towns around there must find out what town is the closest to where the body was found.

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Suppose the body of a murder victim is found in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you, and no one knows who the murderer is.

The leaders from that town will go to their cattle herds and choose a young cow that has never been put to work.