Numbers 35:33

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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.

It defileth

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It defileth

And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.

If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him,

But Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.

and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon.

And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;

For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.

And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.

So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,