3And whichever town is nearest to the body, the responsible men of that town are to take from the herd a young cow which has never been used for work or put under the yoke;
4And they are to take the cow into a valley where there is flowing water, and which is not ploughed or planted, and there the neck of the cow is to be broken:
5Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:
6And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,
7Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.
8Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death.
9So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
