9So you will purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord .


In Context

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.

9 So you will purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord .

10 When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives,

11 if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

Deuteronomy 21:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou put away the [guilt of] innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:9And thou shalt be free from the innocent's blood, that was shed, when thou shalt have done what the Lord hath commanded thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou remove the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9So you shall put away the innocent blood from the midst of you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.