1 Someone might be found murdered. He might be lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to own. And no one knows who killed him.
2 Your elders and judges should go to where he was found. And they should measure how far it is to the nearby cities.
3 The elders of the city nearest the body are responsible. They must take a young cow that has never worked or worn a yoke.
4 And they must lead her down to a valley. It must never have been plowed or planted. It must have a stream flowing through it. There they must break the young cow’s neck.