Numbers 35:33

Tree of Life Version

You are not to pollute the land in which you are. Blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for land polluted by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who sheds it.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

Then He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 9:6

The one who sheds human blood, by a human will his blood be shed, for in God’s image He made humanity.

2 Samuel 21:9

and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites. So they hanged them on the hill before Adonai, so that all seven fell together. They were put to death during the days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.

2 Samuel 3:29

May it whirl on Joab’s head and on all his father’s house. May the house of Joab never be without someone with discharge or tza'arat, lame or one fallen by the sword or one who lacks food.”

1 Kings 2:31

Then the king commanded him: “Do as he has said—strike him down. Then bury him. So you will remove the blood that Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.

2 Kings 23:26

Nevertheless, Adonai did not turn from the fury of His great wrath which burned against Judah, because of all that Manasseh had provoked Him.

2 Kings 24:4

and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed—for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood that Adonai was not willing to pardon.

2 Chronicles 23:15

So they seized her as she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the royal palace and killed her there.

Psalm 106:28

Then they yoked themselves to Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of dead things.

Psalm 106:38

They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and their daughters, sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. So the land was desecrated with blood.

Isaiah 24:5

The land is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed Torah, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 26:21

For behold, Adonai is coming out from His place to punish inhabitants of the earth for iniquity. The earth will disclose her bloodshed, no longer covering up her slain.

Jeremiah 16:18

First I will repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have profaned My land, and they have filled My possession with the carcasses of their vile things and their abominations.”

Jeremiah 26:15

Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants. For in truth Adonai has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

Leviticus 18:25

The land has become defiled, so I will punish its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

Micah 4:11

But now many nations have assembled against you, those who are saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze on Zion.”

Numbers 35:32

Do not receive a ransom for one who has fled to his city of refuge, allowing him to return to his land before the kohen gadol ’s death.

Deuteronomy 19:10

Then innocent blood will not be shed within your land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance, and there would be blood upon you.

Deuteronomy 19:13

Your eye should not pity him, but you must purge the innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

Deuteronomy 21:23

His body is not to remain all night on the tree—instead you must certainly bury him the same day, for anyone hanged is a curse of God. You must not defile your land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Judges 9:24

in order that the violence done to Jerubbaal’s 70 sons might come due, so their blood might be laid on their brother Abimelech who slew them, and on the lords of Shechem who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.