And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
The city leaders must take the young cow down to a rough valley that has never been plowed or planted, and there in the valley they must break the cow's neck.
This verse describes part of an ancient ritual where city leaders had to sacrifice a young cow in an untouched valley when someone was found murdered near their town.
📚 Historical Context
This was part of a ritual law given to Israel for dealing with unsolved murders found near a city. When a body was discovered and no one knew who committed the crime, the nearest city had to perform this ceremony to declare their innocence and seek God's forgiveness for the bloodshed in their land. The untouched valley represented purity, and the sacrifice showed the seriousness of taking human life.
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