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:
Let it rest on the head of Jo´ab; and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Jo´ab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.