Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'And see that ye pollute not the land which ye are in, for blood defileth the land. And the land can none otherwise be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of it that shed it.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
“Do not defile the land where you are,
International Standard Version
You are not to pollute the land where you live, because blood defiles the land, and the land cannot atone for blood that has been spilled on it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it.
A Conservative Version
So ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are, for blood, it pollutes the land. And no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
American Standard Version
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.
Darby Translation
And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye shall not pollute the land which ye are in it: for blood it will pollute the land: and for the land it will not be expiated for the blood which was poured out upon it but by the blood of him shedding.
King James 2000
So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, except by the blood of him that shed it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So you will not pollute the land in which you are; because blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is poured out on it except with the blood of the one who poured it out.
Modern King James verseion
So you shall not defile the land in which you are. For blood defiles the land. And the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him that shed it.
NET Bible
"You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
New Heart English Bible
"'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood, doth pollute the land, and for the land, no propitiatory-covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it;
Webster
So ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
World English Bible
"'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
Youngs Literal Translation
And ye profane not the land which ye are in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;
Themes
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Earth » What defiles the earth
Murder » God » Requires blood for
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » For murder
Topics
Interlinear
'erets
ארץ
'erets
land, earth, country, ground, world, way, common, field, nations, wilderness
Usage: 2504
Dam
Kaphar
Dam
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 35:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cities Of Refuge
32 Also ye shall take none atonement for him that is fled to a free city, that he should come again and dwell in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 "'And see that ye pollute not the land which ye are in, for blood defileth the land. And the land can none otherwise be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of it that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye inhabit, and in the midst of which I also dwell, for I am the LORD which dwell among the children of Israel.'"
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Cross References
Micah 4:11
Now also are there many people gathered together against thee, saying that Zion is cursed: "We shall see our lust upon her."
Genesis 9:6
so that he which sheddeth man's blood, shall have his blood shed by man again: for God made man after his own likeness.
Psalm 106:38
and shed the innocent blood of their sons and of their daughters; whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan, so that the land was defiled with blood.
Leviticus 18:25
and the land is defiled, and I will visit the wickedness thereof upon it. And the land shall spew out her inhabiters.
Deuteronomy 21:1-8
If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, and lieth in the fields, and not known who hath slain him:
Deuteronomy 21:23
let not his body remain all night upon the tree, but bury him the same day. For the curse of God is on him that is hanged. Defile not thy land therefore, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit.
2 Kings 23:26
Notwithstanding, the LORD turned not from his fierce and great wrath wherewith he was angry against Judah upon all the provocations that Manasseh provoked him.
2 Kings 24:4
and for the innocent blood that he shed and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not forgive.
Psalm 106:28
They joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the offerings of the dead.
Isaiah 26:21
For behold, the LORD will go out of his habitation, and visit the wickedness of them that dwell upon earth. The earth also shall disclose her own blood, and shall no more hide those that are slain in her.
Ezekiel 22:24-27
"Thou son of man, tell her, 'Thou art an unclean land, which is not rained upon in the day of the cruel wrath:
Hosea 4:2-3
but swearing, lying, manslaughter, theft, and adultery have gotten the overhand; and one bloodguiltiness followeth another.
Matthew 23:31-35
So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets.
Luke 11:50-51
That the blood of all prophets, which was shed from the beginning of the world, may be required of this generation,