Numbers 35:33

Easy To Read Version

“Don’t let your land be ruined with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, then the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

Then the Lord said, “What have you done? {You killed your brother!} His blood is like a voice shouting to me from the ground.

Genesis 9:6

“God made people as a copy of himself. So any person who kills a person must be killed by a person.

2 Samuel 21:9

David gave these seven men to the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites brought them to Mount Gibeah and hanged them in front of the Lord. Those seven men died together. They were put to death during the first days of harvest. This was {in the spring} at the beginning of the barley harvest.

2 Samuel 3:29

Joab and his family are responsible for this, and all his family are to be blamed. I hope many troubles will come to Joab’s family. I hope the people in his family will be sick with leprosy, and crippled, and killed in war, and not have enough food to eat!”

1 Kings 2:31

Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says! Kill him there. Then bury him. Then my family and I will be free of the guilt of Joab. This guilt was caused because Joab killed innocent people.

2 Kings 23:26

But the Lord did not stop being angry at the people of Judah. The Lord was still angry at them for all the things that Manasseh had done.

2 Kings 24:4

The Lord did this because Manasseh killed many innocent people. Manasseh had filled Jerusalem with their blood. And the Lord would not forgive {those sins}.

2 Chronicles 23:15

Then those men grabbed Athaliah when she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate at the king’s house. Then they killed her there at that place.

Psalm 106:28

Then at Baal Peor,\par God’s people joined in worshiping Baal.\par God’s people \{joined in the wild parties\par and\} ate sacrifices to honor dead people. {\cf2\super [561]} \par

Psalm 106:38

God’s people killed innocent people.\par They killed their own children\par and offered them to those false gods.\par

Isaiah 24:5

The people on the land have made the land dirty. \{How did this happen\}? The people did wrong things against God’s teaching. The people did not obey God’s laws. The people made an agreement with God a long time ago, but those people broke their agreement with God.

Isaiah 26:21

The Lord will leave his place {\cf2\super [245]} \par to judge the people of the world\par for the bad things they have done.\par The earth will show the blood\par of the people that have been killed.\par The earth will not cover the dead people\par

Jeremiah 16:18

I will pay the people of Judah back for the bad things they did—I will punish them two times for every sin. I will do this because they have made my land ‘dirty.’ They made my land ‘dirty’ with their terrible idols. I hate those idols. But they have filled my country with their idols.”

Jeremiah 26:15

But if you kill me, be sure of one thing. You will be guilty of killing an innocent person. You will make this city and everyone that lives in it guilty, too. The Lord really did send me to you. The message you heard really is from the Lord.”

Leviticus 18:25

They made the land filthy [332] ! Now the land {is sick of those things}! And the land is vomiting out the people who lived there!

Micah 4:11

Many nations have come\par to fight against you.\par They say,\par “Look, there is Zion! {\cf2\super [55]} \par Let’s attack her!”\par

Numbers 35:32

“If a person killed someone and then ran to one of the cities of safety, then don’t take money to let him go home. That person must stay in that city until the high priest dies.

Deuteronomy 19:10

Then innocent people will not be killed in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And you will not be guilty for any deaths.

Deuteronomy 19:13

You must not feel sorry for him. He was guilty of killing an innocent person. You must remove that guilt from Israel. Then everything will go well for you.

Deuteronomy 21:23

You must not let that body stay on the tree all night. You must be sure to bury this man on the same day. Why? Because the person that hangs on a tree is cursed by God. You must not ruin the land that the Lord your God is giving you.