Numbers 35:34
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
Numbers 35:34 in other translations
| BSB | Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.” |
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| WEB | You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, the LORD, dwell among the children of Israel.’” |
| ASV | And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel. |
| YLT | and ye defile not the land in which ye are dwelling, in the midst of which I do tabernacle, for I Jehovah do tabernacle in the midst of the sons of Israel.' |
| DARBY | And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel. |
| BBE | Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel. |
| Webster | Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, in which I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. |
What does Numbers 35:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 35:29-34
29-34. these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations--The law of the blood-avenger, as thus established by divine authority, was a vast improvement on the ancient practice of Goelism. By the appointment of cities of refuge, the manslayer was saved, in the meantime, from the blind and impetuous fury of vindictive relatives; but he might be tried by the local court, and, if…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 35:9-34
To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide the more effectually for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased, under the title of avenger of blood, (or the redeemer of blood,) in notorious cases, might pursue, and execute vengeance. A distinction is made, not between sudden anger and malice aforethought, both which are the crime of murder; but between intentionally striking a…
Numbers 35:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 35:34
- Numbers 5:3
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
- Psalms 135:21
Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
- Revelation 21:27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16-17
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
- 1 Kings 6:13
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
- Exodus 29:45-46
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.
- Exodus 25:8
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
- Psalms 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
- Leviticus 20:24-26
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people. Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
- Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
- Revelation 21:3
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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- Numbers 35:33
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.
- Numbers 35:34
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
Numbers 35:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No contaminéis, pues, la tierra donde habitáis, en medio de la cual yo habito; porque yo Jehová habito en medio de los hijos de Israel. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et vous ne rendrez pas impur le pays où vous demeurez, au milieu duquel j’habite; car moi, l’ Éternel, j’habite au milieu des fils d’Israël. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du sollst nicht das Land verunreinigen, in welchem ihr wohnet, in dessen Mitte ich wohne; denn ich, Jehova, wohne inmitten der Kinder Israel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Atque ita emundabitur vestra possessio me commorante vobiscum. Ego enim sum Dominus qui habito inter filios Israël. |