Deuteronomy 21:3

New Living Translation

When the nearest town has been determined, that town’s elders must select from the herd a heifer that has never been trained or yoked to a plow.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:18

I have heard Israel saying, ‘You disciplined me severely, like a calf that needs training for the yoke. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the Lord my God.

Numbers 19:2

“Here is another legal requirement commanded by the Lord: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer, a perfect animal that has no defects and has never been yoked to a plow.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and to stand before the Lord as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day.

Deuteronomy 21:2

In such a case, your elders and judges must measure the distance from the site of the crime to the nearby towns.

Deuteronomy 21:4

They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the heifer’s neck.

Philippians 2:8

he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

1 Samuel 6:7

“Now build a new cart, and find two cows that have just given birth to calves. Make sure the cows have never been yoked to a cart. Hitch the cows to the cart, but shut their calves away from them in a pen.