Deuteronomy 21:6

And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,

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In The King James Version

And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

In Context

5Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:

7Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.

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Cross References

Job 9:30If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

Psalms 26:6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

Psalms 51:7\51:5\Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

Psalms 73:13As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

Matthew 27:24So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:2-10

Undetected Murder. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of… Read the whole commentary →

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