Deuteronomy 21:3
Good News Translation
Then the leaders of the town nearest to where the body was found are to select a young cow that has never been used for work.

New Revised Standard Version
The elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked, one that has not pulled in the yoke;

Contemporary English Version
The leaders from that town will go to their cattle herds and choose a young cow that has never been put to work.

New American Bible
When it is established which city is nearest the corpse, the elders of that city shall take a heifer that has never been put to work or worn a yoke;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground,

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And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground,

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Numbers 19:2 This is the observance of the victim, which the Lord hath ordained. Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee a red cow of full age, in which there is no blemish, and which hath not carried the yoke:

Jeremiah 31:18 Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God.

Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you. . . .

Philippians 2:8 He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross.

Context
The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
2Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about: 3And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground,4And they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer:…
Cross References
Numbers 19:2
This is the observance of the victim, which the Lord hath ordained. Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee a red cow of full age, in which there is no blemish, and which hath not carried the yoke:

Deuteronomy 21:2
Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about:

Deuteronomy 21:4
And they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer:

1 Samuel 6:7
Now, therefore, take and make a new cart: and two kine that have calved, on which there hath come no yoke, tie to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

Deuteronomy 21:2
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