Forgive, LORD, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.
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Deuteronomy 21:8 in context
Deuteronomy 21:5–11
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The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the LORD’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.
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All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
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They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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Forgive, LORD, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.
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So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the LORD’s eyes.
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When you go out to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive,
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and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife,
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