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

Matthew 23:31
Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 11:50
that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,