and they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. [a]Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Lord, and do not place the guilt of (A)innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the bloodguiltiness shall be [b]forgiven them. (B)So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

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Footnotes

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