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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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.
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.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| תַחֲנִ֣יפוּ | ta.cha.Ni.fu | you will pollute | H2610 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָאָ֗רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| אַתֶּם֙ | 'a.Tem | you | H859 → |
| בָּ֔הּ | Bah | [are] in <the> it | |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| הַדָּ֔ם | ha.Dam | <the> blood | H1818 → |
| ה֥וּא | hu' | it | H1931 → |
| יַחֲנִ֖יף | ya.cha.Nif | it pollutes | H2610 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| וְלָאָ֣רֶץ | ve.la.'A.retz | and for the land | H776 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יְכֻפַּ֗ר | ye.khu.Par | it will be atoned | H3722 → |
| לַדָּם֙ | la.Dam | to the blood | H1818 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| שֻׁפַּךְ־ | shu.pakh- | it was shed | H8210 → |
| בָּ֔הּ | Bah | in <the> it | |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| אִ֖ם | 'im | except | H518 → |
| בְּדַ֥ם | be.Dam | by [the] blood of | H1818 → |
| שֹׁפְכֽוֹ׃ | sho.fe.Kho | [the] [one who] shed it | H8210 → |
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