Bible Verses About Ablution: Of the hands, as a token of innocency

And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.