Bible Cross References
guiltless
Genesis 9:6
Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
Exodus 21:12
"Whoever hits someone and kills him is to be put to death.
Numbers 35:33
If you did this, you would defile the land where you are living. Murder defiles the land, and except by the death of the murderer there is no way to perform the ritual of purification for the land where someone has been murdered.
Deuteronomy 21:1-9
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"Suppose someone is found murdered in a field in the land that the LORD your God is going to give you, and you do not know who killed him.
2
Your leaders and judges are to go out and measure the distance from the place where the body was found to each of the nearby towns.
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Then the leaders of the town nearest to where the body was found are to select a young cow that has never been used for work.
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They are to take it down to a spot near a stream that never runs dry and where the ground has never been plowed or planted, and there they are to break its neck.
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The levitical priests are to go there also, because they are to decide every legal case involving violence. The LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name.
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Then all the leaders from the town nearest the place where the murdered person was found are to wash their hands over the cow
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and say, 'We did not murder this one, and we do not know who did it.
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LORD, forgive your people Israel, whom you rescued from Egypt. Forgive us and do not hold us responsible for the murder of an innocent person.'
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And so, by doing what the LORD requires, you will not be held responsible for the murder.
Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!"
blood
Genesis 4:10
Then the LORD said, "Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.