BRAGADAYJAH
567
Inquest
for the Slain
If
one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God give thee to possess,
lying in the field, and it is not known who has slain him, then the elders and
the judges shall come forth and they shall measure unto the cities which are
round about the slain, and it shall be that the city which is nearest the slain
man, and the elders of that city shall take a young calf which has not worked
or borne a yoke, and the elders shall take the heifer into a rough valley, and
behead it there. And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near because the
Lord has chosen them and they shall try every question concerning the matter;
and all the elders of that city shall wash their hands over the heifer, and
they shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood neither have our
eyes seen it. Be merciful or Lord unto
thy people Israel whom thou has redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the
charge of thy people.” That there be put
away from among the people the shedding of innocent blood.
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