Nombres 35:34

34 Vous ne souillerez donc point le pays où vous allez demeurer, et au milieu duquel j'habiterai; car je suis l'Éternel qui habite au milieu des enfants d'Israël.

Nombres 35:34 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:34

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:

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.

Nombres 35:34 In-Context

32 Vous ne recevrez point non plus de rançon pour le laisser fuir dans sa ville de refuge, ni pour qu'à la mort du sacrificateur il retourne habiter au pays.

33 Et vous ne souillerez point le pays où vous serez, car le sang souille le pays; et il ne se fera d'expiation, pour le pays, du sang qui y aura été répandu, que par le sang de celui qui l'aura répandu.

34 Vous ne souillerez donc point le pays où vous allez demeurer, et au milieu duquel j'habiterai; car je suis l'Éternel qui habite au milieu des enfants d'Israël.