Num 35:33-34 | NET2full | STEP | “‘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.

‏ Numbers 35:33-34

33 “‘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. 34 Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the Lord live among the Israelites.’”