⁷ They should declare: “·We did not kill this person [^LOur hands did not spill this blood], and ·we [^Lour eyes] did not see it happen. ⁸ Lord, ·remove this sin from [make atonement for] your people Israel, whom you have ·saved [redeemed; ransomed]. Don’t ·blame your people, the Israelites, for the murder of this innocent person [^Lplace the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel].” And so the murder will be ·paid [atoned] for. ⁹ Then you will have ·removed [banished; purged] from yourselves the guilt of ·murdering an innocent person [innocent blood], because you will be doing what ·the Lord says is right [^Lis right/virtuous in the eyes of the Lord].