All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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:
- BSB Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
- ESV 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,
- NKJV 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.
- NASB And all the elders of that city which is nearest to the person killed shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
- NLT “The elders of the town must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 26:6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
- Ps 73:13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
- Ps 51:14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
- Heb 9:10being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
- Ps 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Job 9:30If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
- Jer 2:22For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Matt 27:24–25So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
- Ps 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
- Ps 19:12Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
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