Innocency
Innocency is what David lays claim to when he says, “I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD” (Psalm 26:6). It means being free of guilt, and the Old Testament gives it a ritual form: in Deuteronomy 21 the elders of a city wash their hands over a heifer to show they had no part in an unsolved death. Nave’s also gathers the garden scene, where the first man and woman were “not ashamed” until they ate and hid from God’s voice. Read Genesis 2 and 3 side by side with Psalm 26.
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Genesis
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Deuteronomy
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
Psalms
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: