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then your Zakenim and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain:
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and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the Zakenim of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn't been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;
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and the Zakenim of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
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The Kohanim the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
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All the Zakenim of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
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and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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Forgive, the LORD, your people Yisra'el, whom you have redeemed, and don't allow innocent blood [to remain] in the midst of your people Yisra'el. The blood shall be forgiven them.
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So shall you put away the innocent blood from the midst of you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.
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When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,
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and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;
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then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;