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Deuteronomy 21:6
Deuteronomy 21:6 is verse 6 of Deuteronomy chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
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:
World English Bible
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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Deuteronomy 21:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
6 Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
7 and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
8 Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 9:30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
Psalms 51:2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.