Deuteronomy 21:6
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| Overview - Deuteronomy 21 | |
| 1 | The expiation of an uncertain murder. |
| 10 | The usage of a captive taken to wife. |
| 15 | The first-born is not to be disinherited upon private affection. |
| 18 | A rebellious son is to be stoned to death. |
| 22 | The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree. |
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Deuteronomy 21:6 (King James Version)
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:
- wash their hands
- Washing the hands was anciently a symbolical action, denoting that the person was innocent of the crime in question.
- Job 9:30 ; Psalms 19:12 ; 26:6 Psalms 51:2 Psalms 51:7 Psalms 51:14 73:13 Jeremiah 2:22 ; Matthew 27:24 Matthew 27:25
- Hebrews 9:10