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Deuteronomy 21:7
7and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Deuteronomy 21:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
- New International Version (NIV)and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and they shall testify, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it.
Context of Deuteronomy 21:7
5and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke. 6And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto him that is slain, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck is broken in the watercourse, and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8Forgive thy people Israel, whom thou, Jehovah, hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israel; and the blood shall be expiated for them. 9So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Read all of Deuteronomy 21Deuteronomy 21:7 word by word
וְעָנ֖וּ וְאָמְר֑וּ יָדֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א שָֽׁפְכוּ֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְעֵינֵ֖ינוּ לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 21:7
- Numbers 5:19And the priest shall adjure her, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone astray in uncleanness, in being with another instead of thy husband, be free from this bitter water that bringeth the curse.
- 2 Samuel 16:8Jehovah has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and behold, thou art [taken] in thine own evil, for thou art a man of blood.
- Job 21:21For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
- Psalms 7:3Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 21:7
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-8A family member seeking revenge could not blame the entire community (19:6–7; Numbers 35:16–29).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
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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
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