Thematic Bible: Defiles the


Thematic Bible



They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.
Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnSanctity Of LifeSin, Effects OfIdolatry Consists OfInnocent BloodSheddingPolluting The LandIdol WorshipKilling Sons And Daughters

“Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahAtonement, in OTSheddingHuman Blood ShedPolluting The LandLifebloodAtoning By SacrificesJudgement On MurderersThe Environmentcleansing

[Yet it happened] because of the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous within her. Blind, they stumbled in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers, with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongues mutter injustice.
Verse ConceptsFingersBlemishBlood, Figurative UseLipsThe Lips Of The WickedTongueWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerKilling Many People

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