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Psalms 106:38

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.

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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.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּֽשְׁפְּכ֨וּvai.yish.pe.Khuand they shedH8210 →
דָ֪םdambloodH1818 →
נָקִ֡יna.KiinnocentH5355 →
דַּם־dam-[the] blood ofH1818 →
בְּנֵ֘יהֶ֤םbe.Nei.Hemsons theirH1121 →
וּֽבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֗םu.ve.no.tei.Hemand daughters theirH1323 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhomH834 →
זִ֭בְּחוּZi.be.chuthey sacrificedH2076 →
לַעֲצַבֵּ֣יla.'a.tza.Beito [the] idols ofH6091 →
כְנָ֑עַןkhe.Na.'anCanaanH3667 →
וַתֶּחֱנַ֥ףva.te.che.Nafand it was pollutedH2610 →
הָ֝אָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
בַּדָּמִֽים׃ba.da.Mimby the blood<s>H1818 →

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Micah 2:10Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!Numbers 35:33Do 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.Deuteronomy 21:9So 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.Isaiah 26:21For 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.2 Kings 21:16Moreover, 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.Leviticus 18:25Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.Ezekiel 22:3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,Isaiah 24:5The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.Isaiah 1:15When 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.Ezekiel 7:23Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.Jeremiah 2:34Moreover, 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 thingsLeviticus 20:2“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.Jeremiah 16:18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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