Deuteronomy 21:1 BBE

¹  If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death:

²  Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;

³  And whichever town is nearest to the body, the responsible men of that town are to take from the herd a young cow which has never been used for work or put under the yoke;