Deuteronomy 21:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ The priests, the sons of Levi, should come forward, because they have been chosen by the Lord your God to serve him and to give blessings in the Lord’s name. They are the ones who decide cases of ·quarreling [accusation] and attacks. ⁶ Then all the elders of the city nearest the ·murdered person [^Lcorpse] should wash their hands over the ·young cow [heifer] whose neck was broken in the ·valley [wadi]. ⁷ They should declare: “·We did not kill this person [^LOur hands did not spill this blood], and ·we [^Lour eyes] did not see it happen.