I will wash mine hands in innocency "As the priests, before they came near to the altar to minister (Exodus 30:17-21). What the priest did in symbolical rite, that the priestly people were to do in spiritual reality." Kay. Cp. Psalms 73:13: and for the ceremony as symbolising innocence see Deuteronomy 21:6; Matthew 27:34.

compass thine altar Take my place in the ring of worshippers around it. A reference to solemn processions round the altar is questionable.

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