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Berean Standard Bible

“Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.”

Numbers 35:33

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Numbers 35 sets out cities of refuge for people who kill accidentally and rules that separate unintentional manslaughter from murder. The chapter ends with a warning about the land.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

World English Bible (WEB)

“‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

So ye shall not pollute the 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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y no contaminaréis la tierra donde estuviereis: porque esta sangre amancillará la tierra: y la tierra no será expiada de la sangre que fué derramada en ella, sino por la sangre del que la derramó.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Mediante el cumplimiento de estas normas la tierra no se contaminará, porque el asesinato contamina la tierra, y no se puede hacer reparación por la muerte de una persona sino por la ejecución del asesino.

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