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;
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Gill's Exposition
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man,.... And so suspected, as the Targum of Jonathan, of the murder; or the murderer is in it, or however belonged to it:
even the elders…
Barnes' Notes
The requirements as regards place and victim are symbolic. The heifer represented the murderer, so far at least as to die in his stead, since he himself could not be found. As hearing his guilt the…
Care had been taken by some preceding laws for the vigorous and effectual persecution of a wilful murderer (Deu 19:11 etc.), the putting of whom to death was the putting away of the guilt of blood…
Cambridge Bible
and it shall be, etc.] Lit. and it shall beas regards the city which … that the elders of that city shall take, etc. Similar construction in Deu 12:11; Deu 18:19.
an heifer of the herd 1Sa 16:2; Gen…
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