World English Bible
Numbers 35:33
“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.”
Verse in context — Numbers 35
31
Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
32
You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33
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.
34
You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Yahweh, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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