Deu 21:7 | NET2full | STEP | Then they must proclaim , “Our hands have not spilled this blood , nor have we witnessed the crime.

Deuteronomy 21:7

7 Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we ^{▼▼tn Heb “our eyes.” This is a figure of speech known as synecdoche in which the part (the eyes) is put for the whole (the entire person).} witnessed the crime. ^{▼▼tn Heb “seen”; the implied object (the crime committed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.}