Numbers 35:33
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33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood (A)defiles the land, and no [a]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except (B)by the blood of him who shed it.
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- Numbers 35:33 Lit. covering
Luke 11:50-51
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50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, 51 (A)from the blood of Abel to (B)the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
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Psalm 106:38
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38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And (A)the land was polluted with blood.
Matthew 23:31-35
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31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that (A)you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (B)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, (C)brood[a] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 (D)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (E)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (F)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (G)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (H)from the blood of righteous Abel to (I)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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- Matthew 23:33 offspring
Micah 4:11
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11 (A)Now also many nations have gathered against you,
Who say, “Let her be defiled,
And let our eye (B)look upon Zion.”
Hosea 4:2-3
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2 By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [a]upon bloodshed.
3 Therefore (A)the land will mourn;
And (B)everyone who dwells there will waste away
With the beasts of the field
And the birds of the air;
Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.
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- Hosea 4:2 Lit. touching
Ezekiel 22:24-27
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24 “Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is (A)not [a]cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’ 25 (B)The conspiracy of her [b]prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they (C)have devoured [c]people; (D)they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 (E)Her priests have [d]violated My law and (F)profaned My holy things; they have not (G)distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her (H)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [e]people, and to get dishonest gain.
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- Ezekiel 22:24 So with MT, Syr., Vg.; LXX showered upon
- Ezekiel 22:25 So with MT, Vg.; LXX princes; Tg. scribes
- Ezekiel 22:25 Lit. souls
- Ezekiel 22:26 Lit. done violence to
- Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls
Isaiah 26:21
New King James Version
21 For behold, the Lord (A)comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her [a]blood,
And will no more cover her slain.
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- Isaiah 26:21 Or bloodshed
2 Kings 24:4
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4 (A)and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.
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2 Kings 23:26
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Impending Judgment on Judah
26 Nevertheless the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, (A)because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
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Leviticus 18:25
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25 For (A)the land is defiled; therefore I (B)visit[a] the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land (C)vomits out its inhabitants.
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- Leviticus 18:25 bring judgment for
Genesis 9:6
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6 “Whoever (A)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(B)For in the image of God
He made man.
Psalm 106:28
New King James Version
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- Psalm 106:28 offered
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