Shēnméngjì 21:6

6 Nà chéng de zhòng zhǎnglǎo , jiù shì lí beì shā de rén zuìjìn de , yào zaì nà shān gǔ zhōng , zaì suǒ dá zhé jǐngxiàng de mǔ niúdú yǐshàng xǐ shǒu ,

Shēnméngjì 21:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:6

And all the elders of that city that are next unto the slain
man
The whole court of judicature belonging to it, all the magistracy of it; even though there were an hundred of them, Maimonides

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 says:

shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
in token of their innocence, and this they did not only for themselves, but for the whole city, being the representatives of it; see ( Psalms 26:6 ) ( Matthew 27:24 ) . Some think that this is a confirmation of the sense embraced by some, that it was a strong stream to which the heifer was brought; and there might be a stream of water here, and a valley also; though it would be no great difficulty to get from the city, which was near, a sufficient quantity of water to wash the hands of the elders with. This may denote the purification of sin by the blood of Christ, when it is confessed over him; and shows that priests and elders, ministers of the word, as well as others, stand in need of it; and that even those concerned in the death of Christ shared in the benefits of it.

F24 Hilchot Rotzeach, c. 9. sect. 3.

Shēnméngjì 21:6 In-Context

4 Bǎ mǔ niúdú qiā dào liú shuǐ , wèicéng gēngzhòng de shān gǔ qù , zaì gǔ zhōng dá zhé mǔ niúdú de jǐngxiàng .

5 Jìsī Lìwèi de zǐsūn yào jìn qián lái . yīnwei Yēhéhuá nǐde shén jiǎnxuǎn le tāmen shìfèng tā , fèng Yēhéhuá de míng zhùfú , suǒ yǒu zhēng sòng ōudǎ de shì dōu yào píng tāmen pànduàn .

6 Nà chéng de zhòng zhǎnglǎo , jiù shì lí beì shā de rén zuìjìn de , yào zaì nà shān gǔ zhōng , zaì suǒ dá zhé jǐngxiàng de mǔ niúdú yǐshàng xǐ shǒu ,

7 Dǎogào ( yuánwén zuò huídá ) shuō , wǒmen de shǒu wèicéng liú zhè rén de xuè . wǒmen de yǎn yĕ wèicéng kànjian zhè shì .

8 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ shèmiǎn nǐ suǒ jiùshú de Yǐsèliè mín , búyào shǐ liú wúgū xuè de zuì guī zaì nǐde bǎixìng Yǐsèliè zhōngjiān . zhèyàng , liúxuè de zuì bì de shèmiǎn .