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;
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults.
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.