And it shall be, that the citywhich is nextunto the slain man, even the elders of thatcityshalltake an heifer, whichhath not beenwroughtwith, and whichhath not drawn in the yoke;
And the elders of thatcityshallbringdown the heiferunto a roughvalley, which is neithereared nor sown, and shallstrike off the heifer’sneckthere in the valley:
And the priests the sons of Levishallcomenear; for them the LORD thy God hathchosen to ministerunto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by theirwordshalleverycontroversy and everystroke be tried:
Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy peopleIsrael, whomthouhastredeemed, and lay not innocentbloodunto thy people of Israel’scharge. And the bloodshall be forgiventhem.
And she shall put the raiment of her captivityfrom off her, and shallremain in thinehouse, and bewail her father and her mother a fullmonth: and afterthatthoushalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
And it shall be, if thouhave no delight in her, thenthoushalt let her go whither she will; but thoushalt not sell her at all for money, thoushalt not makemerchandise of her, becausethouhasthumbled her.
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and anotherhated, and theyhaveborn him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hersthat was hated:
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inheritthatwhich he hath, that he may not make the son of the belovedfirstbornbefore the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
But he shallacknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a doubleportion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, whichwill not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, whentheyhavechastened him, will not hearkenuntothem:
His bodyshall not remain all nightupon the tree, but thoushalt in any wisebury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveththee for an inheritance.