6and all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley:


In Context

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

4 and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley:

5 and 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 according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be:

6 and all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley:

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

8 Forgive, O LORD, 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.

Deuteronomy 21:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:6Then all the elders of the town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And the ancients of that city shall come to the person slain, and shall wash their hands over the heifer that was killed in the valley,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6And 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,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6And all the elders of that city that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And all the elders of that city, that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: