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
whereby you yourselves own that ye are indeed the children of those who killed the prophets,
Luke 11:50
" so that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed since the creation of the world, may be required of this generation,