Deuteronomy 21:6

And all the elders of that city who draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;

Brenton Septuagint

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

5And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to + 21:5 Gr. his name. Hebraism.bless in his name, and + 21:5 Gr. at their mouth.by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be decided.

7and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen it.

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Cross References

Job 9:30For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,

Psalms 26:6And now, behold, he has lifted up mine head over mine enemies: I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of + 26:6 Gr. shouting.joy; I will sing, + 26:6 Or, and play on a psaltery.even sing psalms to the Lord.

Psalms 51:7Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.

Psalms 73:13Thou didst establish the sea, in thy might, thou didst break to pieces the heads of the + 73:13 Or, serpents.dragons in the water.

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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