Numbers 35:33
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
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.
Note the land cannot…: Heb. there can be no expiation for the land
“‘So you shall not pollute the land where you live; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- it defileth
- Leviticus 18:25; Deuteronomy 21:1–8, 23; 2 Kings 23:26; 2 Kings 24:4; Psalm 106:28; Isaiah 26:21; Ezekiel 22:24–27; Hosea 4:2, 3; Micah 4:11; Matthew 23:31–35; Luke 11:50, 51