“And they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it.
“יהוה has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Sha’ul, in whose place you have reigned. And יהוה has given the reign into the hand of Aḇ
‘And do not profane the land where you are, for blood profanes the land, and the land is not pardoned for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
“And let all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the wadi.
‘O יהוה, forgive Your people Yisra’ĕ