6 All the leaders from the city which was nearest the murder victim must wash their hands over the dead heifer.

7 Then they must make this formal statement: |We didn't commit this murder, and we didn't witness it.

8 LORD, make peace with your people Israel, whom you freed. Don't let the guilt of this unsolved murder remain among your people Israel.| Then there will be peace with the LORD despite the murder.

Deuteronomy 21:6-8, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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