Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Deuteronomy 21:7
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and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
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And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen [it].
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They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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Deuteronomy 21
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.
9 So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
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