Deuteronomy 21:6

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:

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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 your God has chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

7And they 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 water, and make my hands never so clean;

Psalms 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocence: so will I compass yours altar, O LORD:

Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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

Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see all of you 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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