 | 1836 - 742 pages
...is written, ' So ye shall not pollute the land where 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.' " (Ibid. 33.) This is a strong and beautiful passage ; but it is, as the reader sees, no authority... | |
 | Bible - 1836 - 710 pages
...the land, 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye arc : for blood it dcfileth the land : and "the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is...shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...blood, by man shall his blood be shed ") are very emphatical in prohibiting the pardon of murderers. " Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life...shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.'' The name of " murder," as a crime was anciently applied only to the secret killing of another; which... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 324 pages
...the priest. 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. Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell : for I the LORD dwell among... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and 6 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for 1 the LORD dwell among... | |
 | J. Sidlow Baxter, James Sidlow Baxter - Religion - 1986 - 1848 pages
...to death. . . . 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" (Num. xxxv. 31-3). "Thine eye shall not pity him ; but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood... | |
 | Lincoln B. Faller - Biography & Autobiography - 1987 - 378 pages
...more than a figure of speech. Numbers 35:33 was relevant as well: "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."4 On such authority Mather believed that "one Murder unpunished may bring guilt and a Curse upon... | |
 | David Daniell - Religion - 1992 - 700 pages
...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. Defile not therefore the land which ye inhabit, and in the midst of which I also dwell,... | |
 | Wendy James - Cultural pluralism - 1995 - 332 pages
...(Deuteronomy XVI: 20) So ye shall not pollute 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. (Numbers XXXV: 33)24 Of the exegetical debate that follows and the contradictions it brings forth (the... | |
 | Jewish Publication Society - Religion - 1996 - 406 pages
...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. "And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD... | |
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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. 
