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All the elders of that town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the wadi,
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and they shall declare: "Our hands did not shed this blood, nor were we witnesses to it.
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Absolve, O Lord, your people Israel, whom you redeemed; do not let the guilt of innocent blood remain in the midst of your people Israel." Then they will be absolved of bloodguilt.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
