Deuteronomy 21:6

And all the elders of that city who are nearest unto the slain person shall wash their hands over the heifer, the neck of which is broken in the valley.

Leeser Tanakh

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 sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and after their decision shall be done [at] every controversy and every injury;

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

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Cross References

Job 9:30If I were to wash myself in snow-water, to cleanse myself in the purity of my hands:

Psalms 26:6I will wash in innocency my hands, and I will compass thy altar, O Lord:

Psalms 51:7(51:9) Cleanse me from sin with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psalms 73:13Verily in vain have I thus cleansed my heart, and have washed in innocency my hands:

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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