2. The judges and other leaders from the towns around there must find out what town is the closest to where the body was found.
3. The leaders from that town will go to their cattle herds and choose a young cow that has never been put to work.
6. The town leaders will wash their hands over the body of the dead cow
7. and say, “We had no part in this murder, and we don't know who did it.
15-17. Suppose a man has two wives and loves one more than the other. The first son of either wife is the man's firstborn son, even if the boy's mother is the wife the man doesn't love. Later, when the man is near death and is dividing up his property, he must give a double share to his firstborn son, simply because he was the first to be born.
18. A father and a mother may have a stubborn and rebellious son who refuses to obey them even after he has been punished.
19. If a son is like that, his parents must drag him to the town gate, where the leaders of the town hold their meetings.
20. The parents will tell the leaders, “This son of ours is stubborn and never obeys. He spends all his time drinking and feasting.”