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


In Context

3 Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke

4 and lead her down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer's neck.

5 The priests, the sons of Levi, shall step forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.

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

7 and they shall declare: "Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done.

8 Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord , and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent man." And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

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 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 English Revised 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 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: