4. The leaders of that town must then bring the cow down to a valley with running water. It must be a valley that has never been plowed or had anything planted in it. Then the leaders must break the cow’s neck there in that valley.
5. The priests, the descendants of Levi, must also go there. (The Lord your God has chosen these priests to serve him and to bless people in the name of the Lord. The priests will decide who is right in every lawsuit and whenever someone is hurt.)
6. All the leaders of the town nearest the dead body must wash their hands over the cow that had its neck broken in the valley.
7. These leaders must say, ‘We did not kill this person, and we did not see it happen.