May it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge, or who is leprous, or who holds a spindle, or who is slain by the sword, or who lacks bread!”
Deuteronomy 21:6 - Revised Standard Version 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; 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 fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge, or who is leprous, or who holds a spindle, or who is slain by the sword, or who lacks bread!”
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord God.
and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, neither did our eyes see it shed.
but deal only with food and drink and various ablutions, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.