²⁸ And David heareth afterwards and saith, `Acquitted `am' I, and my kingdom, by Jehovah, unto the age, from the blood of Abner son of Ner;

¹⁰ And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

⁶ whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

¹² `He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

³³ `And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;

¹ `When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it -- fallen in a field -- it is not known who hath smitten him,

² then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which `are' round about the slain one,

³ and it hath been, the city which `is' near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke,

⁴ and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.

⁵ `And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh -- for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke --

⁶ and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,

⁷ and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen --

⁸ receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them,

⁹ and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

²⁴ And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'