Deuteronomy 21:5-7

The Voice

⁵ Send for the priests, the descendants of Levi, the ones the Eternal your God chose to serve Him and to bless His name, because they’re the ones who settle disputes and handle cases of injury like this.^{[a] 6} Then in the presence of the priests, have those city elders wash their hands over the heifer’s corpse and take an oath: ⁷ “Our hands didn’t shed this blood, and our eyes never saw who did.