# What does Deuteronomy 21:6 mean?

> Deuteronomy 21:6 in plain, modern English from the Modern Text Bible.

> All the elders from the town nearest the body will wash their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley.
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> — Deuteronomy 21:6, Modern Text Bible

## Commentary

The elders wash their hands over the dead cow as a sign that they are not guilty of the murder.