Study it in the app“And you shall not pollute the land in which you are, for the blood pollutes the land; and for the land no expiation can be made for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.”
And you shall notוְלֹאpolluteתַחֲנִיפוּthe landהָאָרֶץin whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהּyou are,אַתֶּםforכִּיthe bloodהַדָּםpollutesהוּא יַחֲנִיףthe land;הָאָרֶץand for the landוְלָאָרֶץnoלֹאexpiation can be madeיְכֻפַּרfor the bloodלַדָּםthatאֲשֶׁרis shedשֻׁפַּךְin it,בָּהּexceptכִּי אִםby the bloodבְּדַםof the one who shed it.שֹׁפְכוֹ
defile
To stain the land with blood or idols.
Where else “tachanifu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appearsatone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “yechupar” appearsspill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shupach” appears32And you shall not accept compensation for one who fled to his city of refuge, to return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest.
33 · This verse (above)
34You shall not make unclean the land in which you dwell, in the midst of which I dwell; for I, YHWH, dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel.”
