Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and ye defile not the land in which ye are dwelling, in the midst of which I do tabernacle, for I Jehovah do tabernacle in the midst of the sons of Israel.'

New American Standard Bible

You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”

King James Version

Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

Holman Bible

Do not make the land unclean where you live and where I reside; for I, Yahweh, reside among the Israelites.”

International Standard Version

You are not to defile the land where you will be living, because I'm living among you. I am the LORD, who lives in Israel."

A Conservative Version

And thou shall not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell, for I, LORD, dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.

Amplified

You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I live, for I, the Lord, live among the people of Israel.’”

Bible in Basic English

Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.

Darby Translation

And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.

Julia Smith Translation

And thou shalt not defile the land which ye shall dwell upon it, which I dwell in the midst of it: for I Jehovah dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel

King James 2000

Defile not therefore the land which you shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You will not defile the land on which you [are] living because I [am] living in the midst of it; I am Yahweh; I [am] living in the midst of the {Israelites}.'"

Modern King James verseion

So do not defile the land which you shall inhabit, in which I dwell. For I Jehovah dwell among the sons of Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Defile not therefore the land which ye inhabit, and in the midst of which I also dwell, for I am the LORD which dwell among the children of Israel.'"

NET Bible

Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the Lord live among the Israelites."

New Heart English Bible

You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, the LORD, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.'"

The Emphasized Bible

thou must not then make unclean the land wherein, ye, are dwelling, in the midst of which, I, have my habitation; for, I, - Yahweh, am making my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel.

Webster

Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, in which I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

World English Bible

You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Yahweh, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.'"

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

not therefore the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

I dwell
שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

for I the Lord

Usage: 0

שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

References

Context Readings

Cities Of Refuge

33 And ye profane not the land which ye are in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it; 34 and ye defile not the land in which ye are dwelling, in the midst of which I do tabernacle, for I Jehovah do tabernacle in the midst of the sons of Israel.'



Cross References

Numbers 5:3

from male unto female ye do send out; unto the outside of the camp ye do send them; and they defile not their camps in the midst of which I do tabernacle.'

Exodus 25:8

'And they have made for Me a sanctuary, and I have tabernacled in their midst;

Exodus 29:45-46

and I have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and have become their God,

Leviticus 18:24-25

'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

Leviticus 20:24-26

and I say to you, Ye -- ye do possess their ground, and I -- I give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey; I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

1 Kings 6:13

and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.'

Psalm 132:14

This is My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.

Psalm 135:21

Blessed is Jehovah from Zion, Inhabiting Jerusalem -- praise ye Jah!

Isaiah 8:12

'Ye do not say, A confederacy, To all to whom this people saith, A confederacy, And its fear ye do not fear, Nor declare fearful.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy is His name: 'In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

Hosea 9:3

They do not abide in the land of Jehovah, And turned back hath Ephraim to Egypt, And in Asshur an unclean thing they eat.

2 Corinthians 6:16-17

and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- 'I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

Revelation 21:3

and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, 'Lo, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them -- their God,

Revelation 21:27

and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but -- those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

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