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Psalm 106:38
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Psalm 106:38
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38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters.
By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan,
they polluted the land with murder.
Psalm 106:38
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Psalm 106:38
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38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons(A) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
Numbers 35:33
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Numbers 35:33
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33 This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.[a]
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- 35:33 Or can make atonement for murder.
Numbers 35:33
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Numbers 35:33
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33 “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,(A) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Deuteronomy 21:9
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Deuteronomy 21:9
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9 By following these instructions, you will do what is right in the Lord’s sight and will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.
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Deuteronomy 21:9
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Deuteronomy 21:9
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9 and you will have purged(A) from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
Ezekiel 22:3
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Ezekiel 22:3
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3 and give her this message from the Sovereign Lord: O city of murderers, doomed and damned—city of idols,[a] filthy and foul—
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Ezekiel 22:3
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Ezekiel 22:3
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3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood(A) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,
Ezekiel 7:23
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Ezekiel 7:23
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23 “Prepare chains for my people,
for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes.
Jerusalem is filled with violence.
Ezekiel 7:23
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Ezekiel 7:23
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Jeremiah 2:34
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Jeremiah 2:34
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34 Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and the poor,
though you didn’t catch them breaking into your houses!
Jeremiah 2:34
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Jeremiah 2:34
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Isaiah 26:21
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Isaiah 26:21
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21 Look! The Lord is coming from heaven
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
They will be brought out for all to see.
Isaiah 26:21
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Isaiah 26:21
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Isaiah 24:5
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Isaiah 24:5
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5 The earth suffers for the sins of its people,
for they have twisted God’s instructions,
violated his laws,
and broken his everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 24:5
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Isaiah 24:5
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Isaiah 1:15
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
2 Kings 24:4
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2 Kings 24:4
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4 who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The Lord would not forgive this.
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2 Kings 24:4
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2 Kings 24:4
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4 including the shedding of innocent blood.(A) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.(B)
2 Kings 21:16
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2 Kings 21:16
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16 Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the Lord’s sight.
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2 Kings 21:16
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2 Kings 21:16
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16 Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood(A) that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah(B) to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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