Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 35:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cities Of Refuge
32
You shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land
Names
Cross References
Micah 4:11
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes
Genesis 9:6
By man his blood shall be shed,
For
He made man.
Psalm 106:38
The blood of their
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was
Leviticus 18:25
For the land has become defiled,
Deuteronomy 21:1-8
“If a slain person is found lying in the open country in the land which the Lord your God gives you to
Deuteronomy 21:23
2 Kings 23:26
However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah,
2 Kings 24:4
and
Psalm 106:28
And ate
Isaiah 26:21
To
And the earth will
And will no longer cover her slain.
Ezekiel 22:24-27
“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is
Hosea 4:2-3
They employ violence, so that
Matthew 23:31-35
Luke 11:50-51