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Deuteronomy 21:7
7Then they will say, ‘We did not kill this person. We did not see who killed him.
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
5The Levite priests must go there too. The Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to ask him to bless his people. They also decide as judges what is right. 6After the leaders of the town have broken the cow's neck, they must wash their hands over it. Then they will say, ‘We did not kill this person. We did not see who killed him. 8Please Lord, accept this animal from your people, Israel, that you have rescued. Do not say that we are guilty of this murder. This person did not deserve to die like this.’ When they do that, the Lord will accept their gift and he will forgive you. 9In this way, you will not be guilty of the murder. You will remove this evil act from among you. You must do what the Lord says is right.
Read all of Deuteronomy 21Deuteronomy 21:7 word by word
וְעָנ֖וּ וְאָמְר֑וּ יָדֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א שָֽׁפְכוּ֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְעֵינֵ֖ינוּ לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 21:7
- Numbers 5:19Then the woman must agree to the strong promise that the priest tells her to say. The priest must say to her, “This water brings a curse. If no other man has had sex with you, it will not hurt you.
- 2 Samuel 16:8The Lord has punished you because of all the people that you killed from Saul's family. You made yourself king, instead of Saul. But now the Lord has given the kingdom to your son, Absalom. All this trouble has come to you because you are a murderer!’
- Job 21:21After wicked people have died, it does not matter to them if their family suffers.
- Psalms 7:3Lord, my God, if I have done a wrong thing, then let my enemies chase me and catch me. If I have done a bad thing against a friend, let my enemies catch me. If I have helped a friend's enemy to attack him, let my enemies catch me! If I am guilty of any of these things, let my enemies knock me down to the ground. They should leave me there, so that I lie as a dead person in the dirt. Selah.
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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