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Deuteronomy 21:6
And all the elders of that city, that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
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Psalm 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass your altar, O LORD:
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Matthew 27:24
When 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 you to it.
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Eucharistic Rites. Liturgy.
... that they may wash their hands in token of the ... of the Psalmist, "I will wash mine
hands in innocency ... the words were actually chanted during the ablution [220] . ...
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