Deuteronomy 21:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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,”
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“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,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and 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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 21:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
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