Num 35:33, Deu 19:10, 13, Jos 2:19, 2Sa 1:16, 3:28-29, Mat 21:44, 23:30-37 | ESV | STEP | You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land , and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Numbers 35:33

33 You shall not ^apollute the land in which you live, for blood ^bpollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except ^cby the blood of the one who shed it.

Deuteronomy 19:10

10 lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

Deuteronomy 19:13

13 ^dYour eye shall not pity him, ^ebut you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood ^{▼▼Or the blood of the innocent} from Israel, so that it may be well with you.

Joshua 2:19

19 Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, ^ghis blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.

2 Samuel 1:16

16 And David said to him, ^h“Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed ⁱthe Lord’s anointed.’”

2 Samuel 3:28-29

28 Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29 ^jMay it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without ^kone who has a discharge or who is ^lleprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!”

Matthew 21:44

44 And ^mthe one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and ⁿwhen it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit verse 44}

Matthew 23:30-37

30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^psons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 ^qFill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, ^ryou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^shell? 34 ^tTherefore ^uI send you ^vprophets and wise men and ^wscribes, ^xsome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^ysome you will ^zflog in your synagogues and ^aapersecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all ^abthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^acAbel to the blood of ^adZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^afthe sanctuary and ^agthe altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, ^ahall these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ^ai“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^ajkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^akgathered ^alyour children together ^amas a hen gathers her brood ^anunder her wings, and ^aoyou were not willing!