Deuteronomy 21:7

and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen —

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

In Context

6and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,

8receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them,

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Cross References

Numbers 5:19'And the priest hath caused her to swear, and hath said unto the woman, If no man hath lain with thee, and if thou hast not turned aside [to] uncleanness under thy husband, be free from these bitter waters which cause the curse;

Job 21:21For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

Psalms 7:3O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in 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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