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All the elders of that town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the wadi,

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Then all the elders of the town nearest the body shall wash their hands(A) over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley,

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13 All in vain I have kept my heart clean
    and washed my hands in innocence.(A)

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13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)

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I wash my hands in innocence
    and go around your altar, O Lord,(A)

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I wash my hands in innocence,(A)
    and go about your altar, Lord,

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10 but deal only with food and drink and various baptisms, regulations for the body imposed until the time comes to set things right.(A)

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10 They are only a matter of food(A) and drink(B) and various ceremonial washings(C)—external regulations(D) applying until the time of the new order.

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Pilate Hands Jesus Over to Be Crucified

24 So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood;[a] see to it yourselves.”(A) 25 Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.24 Other ancient authorities read this righteous blood or this righteous man’s blood

24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar(A) was starting, he took water and washed his hands(B) in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,”(C) he said. “It is your responsibility!”(D)

25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”(E)

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22 Though you wash yourself with lye
    and use much soap,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,
            says the Lord God.(A)

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22 Although you wash(A) yourself with soap(B)
    and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)

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14 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,
    O God of my salvation,
    and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.(A)

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14 Deliver me(A) from the guilt of bloodshed,(B) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,(C)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.(D)

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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.(A)

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Cleanse(A) me with hyssop,(B) and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.(C)

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Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
    and cleanse me from my sin.(A)

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12 But who can detect one’s own errors?
    Clear me from hidden faults.(A)

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12 But who can discern their own errors?
    Forgive my hidden faults.(A)

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30 If I wash myself with soap
    and cleanse my hands with lye,(A)

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30 Even if I washed myself with soap(A)
    and my hands(B) with cleansing powder,(C)

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