Deuteronomy 21:6

Easy To Read Version

All the leaders of the town nearest the murdered man must wash their hands over the cow that had its neck broken in the valley.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:29

Joab and his family are responsible for this, and all his family are to be blamed. I hope many troubles will come to Joab’s family. I hope the people in his family will be sick with leprosy, and crippled, and killed in war, and not have enough food to eat!”

Job 9:30

Even if I wash myself with snow\par and make my hands clean with soap,\par

Psalm 19:12

\{Lord,\} no person can see all of his own mistakes.\par So don’t let me do secret sins.\par

Psalm 26:6

Lord, I wash my hands\par to show that I am pure\par so I may come to your altar. {\cf2\super [156]} \par

Psalm 51:14

God, spare me from the death penalty. {\cf2\super [304]} \par My God, you are the One who Saves me!\par Let me sing about the good things\par that you do for me!\par

Psalm 51:2

God, scrub away my guilt.\par Wash away my sins,\par Make me clean again!\par

Psalm 51:7

Use the hyssop plant and do the ceremony\par to make me pure.\par Wash me until I am whiter than snow!\par

Psalm 73:13

So why should I make my heart pure?\par Why should I make my hands clean?\par

Jeremiah 2:22

Even if you wash yourself with lye, {\cf2\super [12]} \par even if you use much soap,\par I can still see your guilt.”\par This message was from the Lord God.\par

Deuteronomy 21:7

These leaders must say, ‘We did not kill this man. And we did not see it happen.

Hebrews 9:10

Those gifts and sacrifices were only about food and drink and special washings. Those things were only rules about the body—\{not about things inside people’s hearts\}. God gave those rules \{for his people to follow\} until the time of God’s new way.