Numbers 35:33

So you shall not pollute and defile the land in which you live; for [the shedding of innocent] blood pollutes and defiles the land. No atonement (expiation) can be made for the land for the [innocent] blood shed in it, except by the blood (execution) of him who shed it.

Micah 4:11


“Now many [conquering] nations are assembled against you,
Who say, ‘Let her be profaned [through Gentile presence and the temple’s destruction],
And let our eyes gaze on and gloat over Zion.’

Genesis 9:6


“Whoever sheds man’s blood [unlawfully],
By man (judicial government) shall his blood be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.

Psalm 106:38


And shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with their blood.

Leviticus 18:25

For the land has become defiled; therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

Deuteronomy 21:1-8

“If someone is found slain, lying in the field, in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has killed him,

Deuteronomy 21:23

his body shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall most certainly bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is cursed by God), so that you do not defile your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.

2 Kings 23:26

However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath which was kindled against Judah because of all the despicable acts with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

2 Kings 24:4

and also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not pardon it.

Psalm 106:28


They joined themselves also to [the idol] Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

Isaiah 26:21


Listen carefully, the Lord is about to come out of His [heavenly] place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];
The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her
And will no longer cover her slain.

Ezekiel 22:24-27

“Son of man, say to her, ‘You [Israel] are a land that is not pronounced clean or rained on in the day of indignation.’

Hosea 4:2-3


There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery;
They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.

Matthew 23:31-35

So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Luke 11:50-51

so that charges may be brought against this generation [holding them responsible] for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

Bible References

It defileth

Leviticus 18:25
For the land has become defiled; therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.
Deuteronomy 21:1
“If someone is found slain, lying in the field, in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has killed him,
2 Kings 23:26
However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath which was kindled against Judah because of all the despicable acts with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
2 Kings 24:4
and also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not pardon it.
Psalm 106:28

They joined themselves also to [the idol] Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
Isaiah 26:21

Listen carefully, the Lord is about to come out of His [heavenly] place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];
The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her
And will no longer cover her slain.
Ezekiel 22:24
“Son of man, say to her, ‘You [Israel] are a land that is not pronounced clean or rained on in the day of indignation.’
Hosea 4:2

There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery;
They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.
Micah 4:11

“Now many [conquering] nations are assembled against you,
Who say, ‘Let her be profaned [through Gentile presence and the temple’s destruction],
And let our eyes gaze on and gloat over Zion.’
Matthew 23:31
So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 11:50
so that charges may be brought against this generation [holding them responsible] for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,