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Deuteronomy 21:4

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4and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a wadi that flows with water all yearc and that has not been plowed and has not been sown; then there they shall break the neck of the heifer in the wadi.d

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Footnotes

  1. cLiterally “an ever-flowing wadi”
  2. dLiterally “they shall break there the neck with respect to the heifer in the ever-flowing wadi”; the Hebrew verb carries the meaning “to break the neck of”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer’s neck.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The elders of that city will bring the cow down to a continually flowing stream, to a place not tilled or sown, and they will break its neck there by the stream.

NLTNew Living Translation

They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the heifer’s neck.

KJV 1900King James Version

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: