And you shall not defile the land in which you dwell, because blood defiles the land, and the land where blood is shed will not be spared for it unless the blood of him who shed it is shed in it.

For blood defiles the land, and in this land no atonement can be made for the blood shed in it except the blood of him who shed it. I, the Lord, live among you people of Israel, so your land must be kept …

Do not defile So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who …

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 …

‘So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.

33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no [a]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. 34 …

Bloodshed, particularly murder, is seen as a grave sin that defiles the land. In ancient Israel, the shedding of innocent blood was a serious offense that disrupted the community's relationship with God.

So you shall not defile the land in which you live; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

33 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.

"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.