Numbers 35:33
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
33 You will not pollute the land where you live. For bloodshed pollutes the land, and the land can have no expiation for the blood shed on it except through the blood of the one who shed it.
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Hosea 4:2-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Swearing, lying, murder,
stealing and adultery break out;[a]
bloodshed follows bloodshed.(A)
3 Therefore the land dries up,
and everything that dwells in it languishes:
The beasts of the field,
the birds of the air,
and even the fish of the sea perish.(B)
Footnotes
- 4:2 Similar to the decalogue (Ex 20:1–17; cf. Jer 7:9).
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