And all the elders of that city, that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
And all the elders of that city, that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,
And all the elders of that city that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
and all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley:
Shall wash their hands over the heifer - Washing the hands, in reference to such a subject as this, was a rite anciently used to signify that the persons thus washing were innocent of the crime in question. It was probably from the Jews that Pilate learned this symbolical method of expressing his innocence.