Deuteronomy 21:7

Good News Translation

and say, ‘We did not murder this one, and we do not know who did it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:8

You took Saul's kingdom, and now the Lord is punishing you for murdering so many of Saul's family. The Lord has given the kingdom to your son Absalom, and you are ruined, you murderer!”

Numbers 35:33

If you did this, you would defile the land where you are living. Murder defiles the land, and except by the death of the murderer there is no way to perform the ritual of purification for the land where someone has been murdered.

Deuteronomy 21:6

Then all the leaders from the town nearest the place where the murdered person was found are to wash their hands over the cow

Deuteronomy 21:8

Lord, forgive your people Israel, whom you rescued from Egypt. Forgive us and do not hold us responsible for the murder of an innocent person.’