and they shall respond and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see who did. [a]Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, Lord, and do not place the guilt for (A)innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the guilt for bloodshed shall be [b]forgiven them.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:8 Lit Cover over, atone for
  2. Deuteronomy 21:8 Lit covered over, atoned for

38 And shed (A)innocent blood,
The blood of their (B)sons and their daughters
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was (C)defiled with the blood.

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