Comes with unclean hands

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Comes with unclean hands

Comes with unclean hands

A legal term referring to a person who petitions the court for their rights when they themselves have acted unjustly.

("Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god." - Psalms 24:3-4)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּא בְּיָדַיִם לֹא נְקִיּוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם שֶׁתּוֹבֵעַ בְּבֵית הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֶת זְכוּיוֹתָיו כַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא עַצְמוֹ עָשָׂה עָוֶל.

("מִי יַעֲלֶה בְהַר ה' וּמִי יָקוּם בִּמְקוֹם קָדְשׁוֹ. נְקִי כַפַּיִם וּבַר לֵבָב אֲשֶׁר לֹא נָשָׂא לַשָּׁוְא נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא נִשְׁבַּע לְמִרְמָה"- תְּהִלִּים כַּד ג)

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