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Psalms 106:38

Canaan

36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

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BSB
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
KJV
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
WEB
They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
ASV
And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
DARBY
And shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
BLB
and they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with the blood.
ÅB
og de utøste uskyldig blod, sine sønners og sine døtres blod, som de ofret til Kana'ans avguder, og landet ble vanhelliget ved blod.
OTB
og utøste uskyldig blod,
blodet av sine sønner og døtre,
som de ofret til Kana'ans avguder;
og landet ble vanhelliget med blod.
B1930
og de utøste uskyldig blod, sine sønners og sine døtres blod, som de ofret til Kana'ans avguder, og landet blev vanhelliget ved blod.

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  • Numbers 35:33

    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.

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  • 2 Kings 21:16

    Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 26:21

    For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:9

    So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 2:34

    Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

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  • Isaiah 1:15

    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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  • Isaiah 24:5

    The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

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  • 2 Kings 24:4

    and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

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