Deuteronomy 21:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and they shall declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor were we witnesses to it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has avenged on all of you the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of blood.”

Numbers 35:33

You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Deuteronomy 21:6

All the elders of that town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the wadi,

Deuteronomy 21:8

Absolve, O Lord, your people Israel, whom you redeemed; do not let the guilt of innocent blood remain in the midst of your people Israel.’ Then they will be absolved of bloodguilt.