Deuteronomy 21:9
in Deuteronomy 21So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So 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.
KJV
So 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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands
on Deuteronomy 21:6-9
The elders wash their hands over the heifer and declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it”. At Matthew 27:24 Pilate washes his hands before the crowd, which Matthew Henry notes was the words without the case.
This site's exposition
purge from among you the guilt
Deuteronomy 19:13 purges the same guilt by putting a known murderer to death. This rite does the work when the killer cannot be found. Matthew Henry draws the consequence: a town that knew its murderer and sheltered him had no rite to clear it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you,.... Which otherwise, the person not being found out, and brought to just punishment for it, would devolve upon the whole.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תְּבַעֵ֛ר | tevaer | you will remove | H1197 → | 94 times |
| הַדָּ֥ם | hadam | the blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַנָּקִ֖י | hanaki | <the> innocent | H5355 → | 43 times |
| מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ | mikirbecha | from midst your | H7130 → | 227 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה | taaseh | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַיָּשָׁ֖ר | haiyashar | the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְאַתָּ֗הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
תְּבַעֵ֛רyou will remove
tevaerH1197 →94 times
הַדָּ֥םthe blood
hadamH1818 →360 times
הַנָּקִ֖י<the> innocent
hanakiH5355 →43 times
מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָfrom midst your
mikirbechaH7130 →227 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
תַעֲשֶׂ֥הyou will do
taasehH6213 →2628 times
הַיָּשָׁ֖רthe right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 13:18because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:28
Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right…
- Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
- Deuteronomy 12:25
Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
- Matthew 7:24
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Psalms 119:6
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
- Deuteronomy 12:28
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.