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Then (A)the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to minister for Him and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and every dispute and every [a]assault [b]shall be settled by them. And all the elders of that city [c]who are nearest to the slain man shall (B)wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; and they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit stroke
  2. Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit shall be according to their mouth
  3. Deuteronomy 21:6 Lit which is