Deuteronomy 21:2

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Your leaders and judges must come out and measure the distance to the towns around the dead body.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:1

“In the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you might find a dead body in a field, but no one knows who killed that person.

Deuteronomy 21:3

When you learn which town is nearest to the dead body, the leaders of that town must take a cow from their herds. It must be a cow that never had a calf and that has never been used for work.