Deuteronomy 21:7
Good News Translation
and say, 'We did not murder this one, and we do not know who did it.

New Revised Standard Version
and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor were we witnesses to it.

Contemporary English Version
and say, "We had no part in this murder, and we don't know who did it.

New American Bible
and shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, and our eyes did not see the deed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

Numbers 5:19-28 And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If another man hath not slept with thee, and if thou be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed, these most bitter waters, on which I have heaped curses, shall not hurt thee. . . .

2 Samuel 16:8 The Lord hath repaid thee for all the blood of the house of Saul: because thou hast usurped the kingdom in his stead, and the Lord hath given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and behold thy evils press upon thee, because thou art a man of blood.

Job 21:21-23 For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half? . . .

Psalm 7:3,4 O Lord, my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands: . . .

Context
The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
6And the ancients of that city shall come to the person slain, and shall wash their hands over the heifer that was killed in the valley, 7And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.8Be merciful to thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, O Lord, and lay not innocent blood to their charge, in the midst of thy people Israel. And the guilt of blood shall be taken from them:…
Cross References
Numbers 35:33
Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another.

Deuteronomy 21:6
And the ancients of that city shall come to the person slain, and shall wash their hands over the heifer that was killed in the valley,

Deuteronomy 21:8
Be merciful to thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, O Lord, and lay not innocent blood to their charge, in the midst of thy people Israel. And the guilt of blood shall be taken from them:

Deuteronomy 21:6
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