Deuteronomy 21:8 BBE

⁶  And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,

⁷  Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.

⁸  Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death.

⁹  So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

¹⁰  When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;