Numbers 35:34
32 Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
33 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.
Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
- KJV
- Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
- WEB
- You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, the LORD, dwell among the children of Israel.’”
- ASV
- And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.
- DARBY
- And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.
- BLB
- You shall not defile the land that you⁺ are dwelling in, in the midst of which I dwell. For I, YHWH, dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel.”
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke gjøre det land dere bor i, urent, det land i hvis midte jeg bor; for jeg er Herren, som bor midt iblant Israels barn.
[^1]: østenfor. - OTB
- Ikke forurens landet hvor dere bor, hvor også jeg bor, for jeg, Herren, bor blant israelittene.'"
- B1930
- Du skal ikke gjøre det land I bor i, urent, det land i hvis midte jeg bor; for jeg er Herren, som bor midt iblandt Israels barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
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But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:16–17
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And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
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Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
Read in contextExodus 25:8
And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
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“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
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