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Deuteronomy 21:9 Explained in Context

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Verse 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.

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Deuteronomy 21:9 concludes that doing right purges communal bloodguilt.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:1–9

Read Deuteronomy 21:9 with 21:1–9. It concludes that doing right purges communal bloodguilt. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: When a slain person is found without a known killer, nearby elders and priests perform a heifer rite, deny known bloodshed, ask for atonement, and remove innocent blood from the community.

Why It Needs Context

Deuteronomy 21:9 concludes that doing right purges communal bloodguilt. Its responsible force depends on 21:1–9; isolated from “An Unsolved Murder Creates Public Responsibility,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.

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Read Deuteronomy 21:1–9 — An Unsolved Murder Creates Public Responsibility
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

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Exact location: Deuteronomy 21:1–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy

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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Deut.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 21:1–9

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