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.
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
Deuteronomy 21:9
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9 So (A)you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
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Ezekiel 22:3
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3 Then say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “The city sheds (A)blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself.
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Ezekiel 7:23
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23 ‘Make a chain,
For (A)the land is filled with crimes of blood,
And the city is full of violence.
Jeremiah 2:34
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34 Also on your skirts is found
(A)The blood of the lives of the poor innocents.
I have not found it by [a]secret search,
But plainly on all these things.
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- Jeremiah 2:34 digging
Isaiah 26:21
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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
Isaiah 24:5
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5 (A)The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have (B)transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the (C)everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 1:15
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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.
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- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 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 21:16
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16 (A)Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
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