Deuteronomy 21:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Absolve, O Lord, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not let the guilt of shedding innocent blood remain in the midst of your people Israel.” Thus they shall be absolved from the guilt of bloodshed,

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:28

Later David heard of it and said: “Before the Lord, I and my kingdom are forever innocent.

1 Kings 2:31

The king answered him: “Do as he has said. Strike him down and bury him, and remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without provocation.

2 Kings 24:4

and especially because of the innocent blood he shed; he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.

Psalm 19:12

By them your servant is warned; obeying them brings much reward.

Jeremiah 26:15

But you should certainly know that by putting me to death, you bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city and its inhabitants. For in truth it was the Lord who sent me to you, to speak all these words for you to hear.”

Ezekiel 23:3

Even as young girls, they were prostitutes, serving as prostitutes in Egypt. There the Egyptians fondled their breasts and caressed their virgin nipples.

Leviticus 17:4

without first bringing it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the Lord’s tabernacle, shall be judged guilty of bloodshed —that individual has shed blood, and shall be cut off from the people.

Jonah 1:14

Then they cried to the Lord: “Please, O Lord, do not let us perish for taking this man’s life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, Lord, have accomplished what you desired.”

Matthew 23:35

so that there may come upon you all the righteous blood shed upon earth, from the righteous blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Deuteronomy 21:7

and shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, and our eyes did not see the deed.