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Deuteronomy 21:3

American Standard Version

3 and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

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Christian Standard Bible

The elders of the city nearest to the victim are to get a young cow that has not been yoked or used for work.

English Standard Version

And the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer that has never been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke.

King James Version

And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

New American Standard Bible

And it shall be that the city which is nearest to the person killed, that is, that the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd that has not been worked and has not pulled in a yoke;

New International Version

Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke

New King James Version

And it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a yoke.

New Living Translation

When the nearest town has been determined, that town’s elders must select from the herd a heifer that has never been trained or yoked to a plow.

World English Bible

It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke.