Matthew 23:31-35

"So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets.

Luke 11:50-51

so that the blood of all the Prophets, that is being shed from the creation of the world onwards, may be required from the present generation.

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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

Matthew 23:31
"So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets.
Luke 11:50
so that the blood of all the Prophets, that is being shed from the creation of the world onwards, may be required from the present generation.