May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.’
Deuteronomy 21:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All the elders of the city nearest to the victim will wash their hands by the stream over the young cow whose neck has been broken. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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, American Standard Version (1901) And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; Common English Bible All the elders of the city closest to the corpse will wash their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the river valley. Catholic Public Domain Version And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the ancients of that city shall come to the person slain, and shall wash their hands over the heifer that was killed in the valley, |
May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.’
Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of bleach, , the stain of your iniquity is still in front of me. This is the Lord God’s declaration.
They will declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it.
They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of the new order.