^{6 Ref} 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 Ref} and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen --

^{8 Ref} 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,