Thematic Bible: Of hands
Thematic Bible
Washing » Of hands
And all of the elders of that city nearest to the slain person shall wash their hands over the heifer [with] the broken neck in the wadi.
So Pilate, [when he] saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but instead an uproar was developing, took water [and] washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to [it]!"
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.