Deuteronomy 21:6-9
Read Deuteronomy 21 in full →6“And all the elders of that city 1who are nearest to the slain man shall awash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; 7and they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. 8‘Atone for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Yahweh, and do not place the guilt of ainnocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the bloodguiltiness shall be atoned for them. 9“aSo you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh.