Deuteronomy 21:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, neither did our eyes see it shed.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has avenged upon you all 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, your ruin is on you; for you are a man of blood.”

Numbers 35:33

You shall not thus 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 him who shed it.

Deuteronomy 21:6

And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

Deuteronomy 21:8

Forgive, O Lord, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and set not the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of thy people Israel; but let the guilt of blood be forgiven them.’