Ulangan 21:7

21:7 Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we ¹  witnessed the crime. ² 

Ulangan 21:9

21:9 In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before ³  the Lord.

[21:7]  ¹ 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).

[21:7]  ² tn Heb “seen”; the implied object (the crime committed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:9]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of” (so ASV, NASB, NIV).