English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 21:7
7and they shall testify, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then they must say, ‘Our hands did not shed this person’s blood, nor did we see it happen.
Context of Deuteronomy 21:7
5Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled. 6And 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, and they shall testify, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. 8Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.' 9So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
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 priest shall make her take an oath, saying, 'If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while you were under your husband's authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings the curse.
- 2 Samuel 16:8The Lord has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood."
- Job 21:21For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off?
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong 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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