King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 21:9
“So shalt thou put away the [guilt of] innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 21
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen [it].
Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
So shalt thou put away the [guilt of] innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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