C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 21:9
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Deuteronomy21:9
Deu 21:9
In this way Israel was to wipe away the innocent blood (the bloodshed) from its midst (cf. Num 35:33). If the murderer were discovered afterwards, of course the punishment of death which had been inflicted vicariously upon the animal, simply because the criminal himself could not be found, would still fall upon him.
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