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Deuteronomy 21:7
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 21:7
New English Translation
7 Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we[a] witnessed the crime.[b]
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- Deuteronomy 21:7 tn Heb “our eyes.” This is a figure of speech known as synecdoche in which the part (the eyes) is put for the whole (the entire person).
- Deuteronomy 21:7 tn Heb “seen”; the implied object (the crime committed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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