Deuteronomy 21:6

All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer 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

5The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the LORD’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.

7They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

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Cross References

Job 9:30If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,

Psalms 26:6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,

Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Psalms 73:13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,

Matthew 27:24So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

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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