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