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Deu 21:6 — And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

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wash their hands	Washing the hands was anciently a symbolical action, denoting that the person was innocent of the crime in question. Job 9:30; Psa 19:12; Psa 26:6; Psa 51:2,7,14; Psa 73:13; Jer 2:22; Mat 27:24,25; Hbr 9:10