Catholic Public Domain Version
"And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. "
— Deuteronomy 21:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.”
“and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. ”
“and they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.”
“Then they must proclaim,“Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.”
“And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.”
“Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.”
“And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.”
And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.
And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.
And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.
And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.
Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.
If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,