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, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants.
Deuteronomy 21:1
“If a slain person is found lying in the open country in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has struck him,
2 Kings 23:26
However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
2 Kings 24:4
and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not forgive.
Psalm 106:28 They joined themselves also to Baal-peor,
And atesacrifices offered to the dead.
And ate
Isaiah 26:21 For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His place
Topunish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
And the earth willreveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.
To
And the earth will
And will no longer cover her slain.
Ezekiel 22:24
“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’
Hosea 4:2 There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery.
They employ violence, so thatbloodshed follows bloodshed.
They employ violence, so that
Micah 4:11 “And now many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyesgloat over Zion.’
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes
Matthew 23:31 So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 11:50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,