^33 (A)So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land, and no propitiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except ^(B)by the blood of him who shed it. ³⁴ And you shall not ^(C)defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which ^(D)I dwell; for I Yahweh am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”

¹⁴ Then they called on ^(A)Yahweh and said, “Ah! O Yahweh, we earnestly pray, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life, and do not put innocent blood on us; for ^(B)You, O Yahweh, as You have pleased You have done.”