Deuteronomy 21:2

New International Reader's Version

Then your elders and judges will go out to the field. They will measure the distance from the body to the nearby towns.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:1

Suppose you find someone who has been killed. The body is lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own. But no one knows who the killer was.

Deuteronomy 21:3

The elders from the town that is nearest to the body will get a young cow. It must never have been used for work. It must never have pulled a load.