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Numbers 35:33

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.

KJV

ne polluatis terram habitationis vestræ, quæ insontium cruore maculatur : nec aliter expiari potest, nisi per ejus sanguinem, qui alterius sanguinem fuderit.

Vulgate

καὶ οὐ μὴ φονοκτονήσητε τὴν γῆν εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς κατοικεῖτε, τὸ γὰρ αἷμα τοῦτο φονοκτονεῖ τὴν γῆν, καὶ οὐκ ἐξιλασθήσεται ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἐκχυθέντος ἐπ’ αὐτῆς ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἐκχέοντος.

LXX

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

ASV

וְ/לֹֽא תַחֲנִ֣יפוּ אֶת הָ/אָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתֶּם֙ בָּ֔/הּ כִּ֣י הַ/דָּ֔ם ה֥וּא יַחֲנִ֖יף אֶת הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/לָ/אָ֣רֶץ לֹֽא יְכֻפַּ֗ר לַ/דָּם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שֻׁפַּךְ בָּ֔/הּ כִּי אִ֖ם בְּ/דַ֥ם שֹׁפְכֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
יַחֲנִ֖יף
ychnyp
verb · 11×
כַפֵּ֖ר
kpr
verb · 102×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 2:31 — And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
  • 2Kgs 14:5 — And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
  • 2Kgs 21:16 — Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the L
  • 2Kgs 23:26 — Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
  • 2Kgs 24:4 — And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
  • 2Sam 3:28 — And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
  • Deut 19:13 — Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
  • Deut 21:23 — His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth
  • Ezek 22:24 — Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
  • Ezek 36:17 — Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
  • Gen 4:10 — And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
  • Gen 9:6 — Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
  • Gen 9:6 — Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
  • Hos 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
  • Isa 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
  • Isa 26:21 — For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
  • Jer 16:18 — And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
  • Jer 26:15 — But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me un
  • Jer 26:19 — Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus migh
  • Lev 18:25 — And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
  • Lev 18:25 — And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
  • Luke 11:50 — That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  • Luke 11:50 — That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  • Matt 23:31 — Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
  • Matt 27:25 — Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
  • Mic 4:11 — Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
  • Ps 106:38 — And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
  • Ps 106:38 — And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.