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Negative commandment 309 of 365

Not to plough nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer’s neck was broken in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered)

Maimonides

Not to plough nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer’s neck was broken in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered), as it is said, “…. (a rough valley) which may not be ploughed nor sown” (Deut. 21:4).

Deuteronomy 21:4

KJV
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:
ASV
and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
WEB
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.
JPS
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which may neither be plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.