Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You are not to pollute the land where you live, because blood defiles the land, and the land cannot atone for blood that has been spilled on it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Holman Bible
“Do not defile the land where you are,
A Conservative Version
So ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are, for blood, it pollutes the land. And no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
American Standard Version
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Amplified
So you shall not pollute and defile the land in which you live; for [the shedding of innocent] blood pollutes and defiles the land. No atonement (expiation) can be made for the land for the [innocent] blood shed in it, except by the blood (execution) of him who shed it.
Bible in Basic English
So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.
Darby Translation
And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye shall not pollute the land which ye are in it: for blood it will pollute the land: and for the land it will not be expiated for the blood which was poured out upon it but by the blood of him shedding.
King James 2000
So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, except by the blood of him that shed it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So you will not pollute the land in which you are; because blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is poured out on it except with the blood of the one who poured it out.
Modern King James verseion
So you shall not defile the land in which you are. For blood defiles the land. And the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him that shed it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'And see that ye pollute not the land which ye are in, for blood defileth the land. And the land can none otherwise be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of it that shed it.
NET Bible
"You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
New Heart English Bible
"'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood, doth pollute the land, and for the land, no propitiatory-covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it;
Webster
So ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
World English Bible
"'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
Youngs Literal Translation
And ye profane not the land which ye are in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;
Themes
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Earth » What defiles the earth
Murder » God » Requires blood for
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » For murder
Topics
Interlinear
'erets
ארץ
'erets
land, earth, country, ground, world, way, common, field, nations, wilderness
Usage: 2504
Dam
Kaphar
Dam
References
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Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 35:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cities Of Refuge
32 You are not to receive payment of a ransom for someone who had fled to a town of refuge but then left to live in his homeland before the death of the high priest. 33 You are not to pollute the land where you live, because blood defiles the land, and the land cannot atone for blood that has been spilled on it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it. 34 You are not to defile the land where you will be living, because I'm living among you. I am the LORD, who lives in Israel."
Names
Cross References
Micah 4:11
"Now many nations have gathered against you, saying, "Let her be defiled,' and "Let's look down on Zion.'
Genesis 9:6
"Whoever sheds human blood, by a human his own blood is to be shed; because God made human beings in his own image.
Psalm 106:38
They shed innocent blood the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, thereby polluting the land with blood.
Leviticus 18:25
The land has been defiled, so I brought the punishment of its iniquity to it. As a result, the land is vomiting out its inhabitants.
Deuteronomy 21:1-8
"If a murder victim is found fallen in the open country of the land that the LORD your God is about to give you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
Deuteronomy 21:23
his body must not remain overnight on the tree. You must bury him that same day, because cursed of God is the one who has been hanged on a tree. Don't defile your land that the LORD is about to give you as your inheritance."
2 Kings 23:26
Even so, the LORD did not turn away from his fierce and great anger that burned against Judah because of everything with which Manasseh had provoked him.
2 Kings 24:4
as well as for the innocent blood that he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive them.
Psalm 106:28
For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
Isaiah 26:21
For see, the LORD is coming from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their sins; the earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it, and will no longer conceal its slain."
Ezekiel 22:24-27
"Son of Man, tell her, "You're a land that hasn't been purified, one that hasn't been rained on in the day of indignation.
Hosea 4:2-3
Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood.
Matthew 23:31-35
Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 11:50-51
so those living today will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that was shed since the foundation of the world,