Deuteronomy 21:9

Deuteronomy 21:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So 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.
• New International Version (NIV)and you will have purged from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Context of Deuteronomy 21:9

7and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them. So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah. 10When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive, 11and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;

Deuteronomy 21:9 word by word

וְאַתָּ֗ה תְּבַעֵ֛ר הַדָּ֥ם הַנָּקִ֖י מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• rightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 21:9

• Deuteronomy 19:12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
• Deuteronomy 13:18when thou shalt hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
• 2 Kings 10:20And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 21:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9The guilt of murder was usually removed through the death of the murderer (19:11–13; Numbers 35:30–34). However, if the murderer was unknown, the guilt could still be removed by using this ritual.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91-6. If one be found slain ... lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him--The ceremonies here ordained to be observed on the discovery of a slaughtered corpse show the ideas of sanctity which the Mosaic law sought to associate with human blood, the horror which murder inspired, as well as the fears that were felt lest God should avenge it on the country at large, and the pollution which the land was supposed to contract from the effusion…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 21:9

• Church
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In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Controversy
• Crucifixion
• Divers
• Murder
• Rebellious
• Wrought
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings