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Deuteronomy 21:6

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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:
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  1. Psalms 26:6Rank 1 from verse 6
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    6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

  2. Psalms 73:13Rank 2 from verse 6
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    13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  3. Hebrews 9:10Rank 3 from verse 6
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    10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

  4. Jeremiah 2:22Rank 4 from verse 6
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    22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.

  5. Job 9:30Rank 5 from verse 6
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    30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

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Deuteronomy 21:6

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next

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Nearest or immediately succeeding in place, time, order, or turn.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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wash

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To cleanse with water or another liquid; to bathe or cause water to pass over.

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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21:1IF one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

21:2Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

21:3And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

21:4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:

21:5And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

21:6And 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:

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21:7And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

21:8Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

21:9So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

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