Deuteronomy 21:1-4 ▼

1 |If a murder victim is found fallen in the open country of the land that the LORD your God is about to give you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

2 then let your elders and judges go out and measure the distance from the dead body to the neighboring cities.

3 Then the elders of the city nearest the body are to take a heifer that hasn't been put to work or hasn't pulled a yoke

4 and are to lead the heifer to a flowing stream in a valley that has never been tilled or planted. They are to break the heifer's neck there.