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,


In Context

3 and it hath been, the city which is near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke,

4 and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.

5 And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh — for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke —

6 and 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,

7 and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen —

8 receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to 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 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 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: