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.
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.
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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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 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.
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!
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 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 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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4 who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The Lord would not forgive this.
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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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