All the elders of the city nearest to the victim will wash their hands by the stream over the young cow whose neck has been broken. They will declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it. Lord, forgive Your people Israel You redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.’ Then they will be absolved of responsibility for bloodshed.

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I wash my hands[a] in innocence(A)
and go around Your altar, Lord,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 26:6 A ritual or ceremonial washing to express innocence

“Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

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“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”

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19 While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of Him!”(A)

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