Psalm 106:38

Tree of Life Version

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:17

and they made their sons and daughters pass through the fire, practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in Adonai’s eyes, to provoke Him.

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem with blood from one end to another—in addition to his sin which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in Adonai’s eyes.

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.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. When you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of 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 19:4

For they have forsaken Me and have alienated this place, by burning sacrifices in it to other gods, which neither they nor their forefathers, nor the kings of Judah have known. They have also filled this place with the blood of innocents.

Jeremiah 2:34

Moreover on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor —you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things,

Ezekiel 16:20

“You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore for Me, and sacrificed them to be eaten by them. Were your obscene practices not enough?

Ezekiel 22:3

Say, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘City that spills blood in her midst and makes idols for herself that defile—her time has come!

Ezekiel 7:23

“Forge the chain! For the land is full of bloodshed. The city is full of violence.

Leviticus 18:21

“You are not to give any of your children in sacrifice to Molech, and defile the Name of your God. I am Adonai.

Leviticus 18:25

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

Numbers 35:33

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.

Deuteronomy 21:9

So you will purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in Adonai’s sight.