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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

Leviticus 18:25
Therefore the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants.
Deuteronomy 21:1
If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,
2 Kings 23:26
Yet the Lord's great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done.
2 Kings 24:4
Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.
Psalm 106:28
They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
Isaiah 26:21
For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
Ezekiel 22:24
"Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.'
Hosea 4:2
There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.
Micah 4:11
Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, "Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!"
Matthew 23:31
By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 11:50
so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

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