You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, Yahweh, dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”
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You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, Yahweh, dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”
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Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
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And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.'
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Passages linked to Numbers 35:34 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 5:3 You shall put both male and female outside of the camp so that they don’t defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”
- Psalms 135:21 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
- Revelation 21:27 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16-17 What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.” Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- Exodus 25:8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
- Exodus 29:45-46 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Yahweh their God.
- Leviticus 20:24-26 But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples. “ ‘You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean. You shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you. You shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
- 1 Kings 6:13 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”
- Psalms 132:14 “This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.
- Isaiah 57:15 For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Hosea 9:3 They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
- Leviticus 18:24-25 “ ‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
- Isaiah 8:12 “Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.
- Revelation 21:3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Be not cruel to your own land by making…
Be not cruel to your own land by making it a den of murderers.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inherit,....…
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inherit,.... By the commission of such atrocious crimes, or suffering them to go unpunished, or by taking a compensation for the life of the guilty person:
wherein I dwell; which is added to strengthen the exhortation, and as giving a reason why care should be taken not to pollute it, because the Holy God dwells there; as he did in the tabernacle erected for him, and in such a peculiar manner as he did not in other lands:
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for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel; he now dwelt among them as their God, and their King; his tent or tabernacle being pitched in the midst of the camps of Israel; and so he would continue to dwell among them when they were come to the land of Canaan, so long as they observed his laws, statutes, and ordinances; and therefore it behoved them to be careful that they did not pollute themselves and their land, and cause him to depart from them.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 35:34. Defile not the land wherein I dwell…
Num 35:34. Defile not the land wherein I dwell — It is often assigned as a reason why they should put away all polluted persons and things out of their camp and land, because God dwelt in them, by his peculiar presence, whence this land was called the Holy Land. It is the case of all crimes, that they defile the land in which they are committed, and render it odious and unclean in the sight of God; but it is more especially true of murder, which is the highest of all injuries against human society, and against God, in whose image man was created.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For I the Lord dwell ... - An emphatic…
For I the Lord dwell ... - An emphatic protest against all enactment or relaxation of laws by men for their own private convenience.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 34. The land… wherein I dwell — The omnipresent…
34. The land… wherein I dwell — The omnipresent Deity specially manifested his presence in Israel, and so sanctified their land. This was a special reason why the people might not pollute it. Exo_25:8; Num_5:3, notes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. See note on Num_35:1-4.
34. See note on Num_35:1-4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For I the Lord dwell among the children of…
For I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel. Therefore the murderer"s hand is raised against me; the blood of the slain is ever before my eyes, its cry for vengeance ever in my ears. (cf. Gen_4:10 Mat_23:35 Rev_6:10)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 35:34 The Lord lived among the people of Israel…
35:34 The Lord lived among the people of Israel even as the Tabernacle stood in the middle of the Hebrew camp (see chs 1–4). This meant that they must not defile their land by ignoring God’s commands or by failing to uphold justice (cp. 5:1-4).
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